jquery-backbone-hookupify

Small browserify transform to hook up Backbone with jQuery.

The problem

When building a module using Browserify that has dependencies on both Backbone and jQuery, you would require them just as you would any other module:

$ = require('jquery');
Backbone = require('backbone')

Unforutnately, you also have to tell Backbone in every module how to find jQuery:

Backbone.$ = $

This line gets repeated in every module that references jQuery and backbone, which in most projects is every module.

Not very DRY.

The solution

Include jquery-backbone-hookupify in your browserify transforms!

npm install --save-dev jquery-backbone-hookupify

Then pass -t jquery-backbone-hookupify to browserify

browserify -t coffeeify foo.coffee > bundle.js

Any files that require jquery and require backbone will have Backbone.$ = $ inserted immediately after you require backbone.

(note: you should include jQuery before requiring backbone!)

Works with both coffeescript and native js.