Question

Lets have the following code :

( function($) { 
    TeacherModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
        defaults : {
            uid : -1,
            name : ""
        }
    });

    TeachersCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
        model : TeacherModel,
        url : function() {
            return "/path/to/api" + "/teacher";
        }
    });
}());

I want to have "/path/to/api" as a global setting to Backbone (I know i can export it globally in window, but i want to set it somewhere in Backbone)

Is there a way and what is the best practice for this ?

Answer 1

The way I usually tackle this is to create a base collection and inherit from it, like so:

BaseCollection = BackBone.Collection.extend({
    path: '/path/to/api'
});

TeachersCollection = BaseCollection.extend({
    // path is now accessible from this and all other derived collections.
});