#Type (typejs)

A Type creation system using a lightweight prototypal inheritance implementation based on backbone.js.

Quick Start

JAM

1. jam install typejs
2. var type = require('typejs');

AMD

1. git clone https://github.com/pieter-vanderwerff/type or git submodule add https://github.com/pieter-vanderwerff/type

2. Configure your loader with a package:

   packages: [
   	{ name: 'typejs', location: 'path/to/type/', main: 'type' },
   	// ... other packages ...
   ]

3. define(['typejs', ...], function(type, ...) { ... }); or require(['typejs', ...], function(type, ...) { ... });

Script Tag

1. git clone https://github.com/pieter-vanderwerff/type or git submodule add https://github.com/pieter-vanderwerff/type
2. <script src="path/to/type/type.js"></script>
3. type will be available as window.typejs

Node

1. npm install typejs
2. var type = require('typejs');

API

type()

Create a type object:

var Foo = type( { foo: 'bar' } );

// Returns a newable object
var foo1 = new Foo();
var foo2 = new Foo();

constructor / initialize function

As with backbone.js if the object has a function called initialize it will be run on the creation of an instance, receiving any arguments passed to the type.

var Foo = type( {
	initialize: function( options ) {

		this._bar = options.bar;

	}
} );

// Create instances passing options to the initialize function
var foo1 = new Foo( { bar: 10 } );
var foo2 = new Foo( { bar: 17 } );

type().extend()

Extend a type object:

var Foo = type( { foo: 10 } );

// Extend Foo
var Foostream = Foo.extend( { foo: 10000000, bar: 17 } );

// Create instances of both types
var foo1 = new Foo();
var foo2 = new Foostream();

Running the Unit Tests

Install buster.js

npm install -g buster

Run unit tests in Node:

1. buster test -e node

Run unit tests in Browsers (and Node):

1. buster server - this will print a url
2. Point browsers at /capture, e.g. localhost:1111/capture
3. buster test or buster test -e browser