I have a backbone.js/underscore.js template that I am feeding into a backbone view for rendering. The View is passed a model that contains an array posts
of objects (which I call post
in the template).
Problem: When I try to loop through all the elements of the array posts
, I get an error Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token )
and refers a line in the backbone View's code template: _.template( $('#tpl_SetView').html() )
.
Am I doing the loop incorrectly which is causing this error?
Template code
<script type="text/template" id="tpl_SetView">
<div class="row_4">
<div class="photo_container">
<div class="set_cover">
<img src="/<%= posts[0].thumb_subpath %><%= posts[0].img_filename %>" width=240 />
</div>
<div class="set_thumbs">
<%= _.each(posts, function(post) { %>
<img src="<%= post.thumb_subpath %><%= posts.img_filename %>" width=55 />
<%= }); %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</script>
To echo a variable use <%= %>
, but to parse javaScript code, just use <% %>
.
For example:
// In your Backbone View
var posts = {"posts": this.model.toJSON()};
var template = _.template($("#tpl_SetView").html(), posts);
// In your template
<div class="row_4">
<div class="photo_container">
<div class="set_cover">
<img src="/<%= _.escape(posts[0].thumb_subpath) %><%= _.escape(posts[0].img_filename) %>" width=240 />
</div>
<div class="set_thumbs">
<% _.each(posts, function(post){ %>
<img src="<%= _.escape(post.thumb_subpath) %><%= _.escape(posts.img_filename) %>" width=55 />
<% }); %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I think you will find that the problem is in these lines:
<%= _.each(posts, function(post) { %>
<img src="<%= post.thumb_subpath %><%= posts.img_filename %>" width=55 />
<%= }); %>
From my recollection of what underscore does to evaluate templates, these lines don't make much sense. Each <%=..%> item is evaluated separately.. that is, they must be full evaluatable expressions, not partial function blocks..
Edit: Actually, James is right. <%..%> can be defined separately (it all comes down to a big javascript string in the end). It is escaped and the interpolated expressions that must be separate expressions.
Edit II: Even so, in the evaluation context I think the use of the function block would still possibly create a bizzare javascript string that might not evaluate quite as intended... I'd have to think about it. It might still work out totally fine.