Integrate SocketIO events into your Backbone.Collection

socket-io-backbone-collection.js

    // Let you listen to SocketIO events into your Collection



    var socket


    Backbone.Collection.prototype.initialize = function() {
        var events = this.socketEvents
        for (var eventName in events) {
            var method = events[eventName];
            if (!_.isFunction(method)) method = this[events[eventName]];
            if (!method) throw new Error('Method "' + events[eventName] + '" does not exist');
           socket.on(eventName, _.bind(method, this))
        }
    }

usage.js

var MyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    socketEvents: {
       'add_item': 'add'
    }
})



var coll = new MyCollection()

// emit `add_item` event in your server side script
// ..

// automatically, you item has been added to the collection
coll.size()