linc

js execution controller for the browser or node.js

Installation

npm install linc or include linc.js on your page

API

Linc.add( name, [ options ], fn ) Adds a widget with string name, optional options object, and run function fn. Widgets can be scoped by adding period separated namespaces in the name. Returns the module.

• validation.signup Add the validation widget to the signup namespace
• validation.signup.signin Add the validation widget to both signup and signin namespaces

Linc.run( [ name, ] [ options ]) Executes all functions that are unscoped, and takes an optional options object to call specific namespaces, pass in a context, or execute all stored functions (options detailed below).

Linc.get( name ) Retrieves a module with name -- can be a name along with a namespace, like widgetName.scope, which will return the widgetName module in the scope namespace.

Linc.setDefaults([ options ]) set defaults such as default context or namespace that should be used when running or adding modules.

Widget Options

• once This widget is only called once during its life.

Run Options

• context Each widget's associated function is called with this as context. Defaults to Linc in node and window on the browser.
• all Calls all widgets, namespaced and unscoped.
• namespaceOnly Calls only the namespace defined
• data Data to be sent as arguments in function calls

Examples

 
  // Set the default context to be a header div in the browser
  Linc.setDefaults({
    context: $('#content')
  });
 
  // Adds a validation widget 
  Linc.add( 'validation', function () {
    this.find( 'form.validate' ).validate();
  });
 
  // Adds a selection toggle widget that can only be called once.
  Linc.add( 'selectParent', { once: true }, function () {
    this.find( 'a.select-parent' ).click(function ( e ) {
      $( this ).parent().addClass( 'selected' );
      e.preventDefault();
    });
  });
 
  // Adds the register widget to the account namespace
  Linc.add( 'register.account', function () {
    this.find( 'form.ajaxSubmit' ).submit(function( e ) {
      $( this ).ajaxSubmit();
      e.preventDefault();
    });
  });
 
  // Runs all unscoped widgets -- just 'validation' and 'selectParent' in
  // this case, with default scope of the #content element
  Linc.run();
 
  // Runs all unscoped and widgets in the namespace 'account' --
  // both 'register' and 'validation' functions are executed, since
  // 'selectParent' is only called once, with 'document' as context
  Linc.run('.account', { context: document });
 
  // You can also pass data to all modules called
  Linc.add('header.updates', function ( data ) {
    $('#header h1').update( data.title );
  });
  $.ajax({
    url: 'http://localhost',
    success: function ( data ) { Linc.run('.updates', { data: data }) }
  });

Development

Uses jasmine-node for running specs, and coffeescript for source -- run make in project root to compile and run specs.