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What is Backbone's idiomatic way to create/save valid models?
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Backbone = require 'backbone' | |
Backbone.sync = -> | |
console.log 'Sync called.' | |
Book = Backbone.Model.extend | |
validate: -> | |
console.log 'Validate called.' | |
return "error" | |
Library = Backbone.Collection.extend | |
model: Book | |
lib = new Library | |
lib.create | |
title: 'A Book' | |
# Skips validate | |
(new Book { title: 'Another book.'}).save() | |
# Skips validate | |
book = new Book | |
book.save | |
title: 'A third book.' | |
# Runs validate, does not sync |
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Was surprised that save() without attrs bypasses validate. Is the recommended approach not setting with the constructor, but instead setting with set/save? Is there any way to enforce validation on Collection's create method?