backbone-callbacks

Anonymous callback interface for Backbone.js async methods

Backbone.js exposes a ``success/error` style callback interface to the asynchronous methods `fetch`, `save`, and `destroy`. Example:

myModel.fetch({success: function() {
...
},
error: function() {
...
}
});

This library adds a simpler node.js style callback interface for these methods:

myModel.fetch(function(error) {
...
});

To use this libary:

1) Download from github, or `npm install backbone-callbacks`

2) Attach the interfaces to Backbone in your initialization script:

// In a browser...
BackboneCallbacks.attach(Backbone);

// In node.js...
var Backbone = require('backbone');
require('backbone-callbacks').attach(Backbone);

This small library (under 1k) adds to the existing interface, allowing either style to be used. If a callback function is provided as the last argument, it will use the simpler style. Otherwise it will use the original `success/error`` style.