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js_balrog
js_balrog

Reputation: 96

Using angular and backbone in the same app

I am working on a backbone app that we want to migrate over to angular. However, a true "port" or "rewrite" is not an option due to resource constraints. Instead, we want to introduce angular into the app in a modular sort of way -- ie, identify and carve off easily separatable functionality and make it angular, as well as introduce any new modules (i.e. an admin module) as angular code.

Is this possible? If so: a) Where would you put your "ng-view" tag? Inside the div that you currently render your backbone-based markup? b) How do you introduce angular-routes into all of this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1874

Answers (2)

Ramya
Ramya

Reputation: 31

You can add target="_self" for all the backbone links, then angular would not route those links. We had the same problem and adding this fixed the problem. Hope this helps..

<a href="/test" target="_self">Test</a>

Upvotes: 1

Rodrigo Fonseca
Rodrigo Fonseca

Reputation: 944

You can use angular in any place you want in your app and use it with backbone if you want but stay in mind that you're using two frameworks and in this case it's totally unnecessary and wrong, but i think that you don't have choice, all you have todo is put the directive "ng-app" where you want to use angular, here is my example:

<html ng-app="myModule">
 //your code here
</html>

and the script(like any other angularjs app):

var app = angular.module('myModule', []);
// the rest of the code

I never tested before angularjs + backbone, but i think you can have some problems like to deal with data from server, who will gonna do that? Angular or Backbone?

Upvotes: 0

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