Justin
Thanks for your response. I can't remember where I did the initial download but never mind. Unfortunately we are still not there.
Using jquery 1.7.2 and all the can 1.1.5 downloads and referring to your online documentation and examples I find the following :
1. The syntax `can.view(templateId, context)` *DOES NOT WORK*
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Assuming that context is a simple Javascript object (not an observable etc) then :
The construct `$el.append(can.view(templateId, context))` raises a jquery error relating to document fragments. Not surprisingly it's more informative to use jquery.js rather than jquery.min.js.
The error arises from the can.view(templateId, context) part.
The following syntax *DOES* work with said simple Javascript object :
template = can.view(templateId); // compile the template
$el.append(template(context)) // render it
Using this syntax allows a handlebars template to be correctly rendered but with *NO BINDING* as there is no can.Observe in use.
2. The examples at http://donejs.com/docs.html#!Acquisition *DO NOT WORK*
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The first example shows a template creation using raw text, however, as shown it fails.
The `can.view.frag(fragment)` throws an error, and as fragment is *already* a correctly rendered string it should be rendered to the DOM as
`can.$(document.body).append(fragment)`
3. The one way binding example documented at http://donejs.com/docs.html#!Binding *DOES NOT WORK*
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This example purports to show a one way binding of a can.Observable to a handlebars template
It suffers from the above problem. If it is amended as above to first compile, then render, then it outputs the following :
Welcome @@!!@@
@@!!@@
Which seems to be the skeleton of the template prior to the expected substitutions
4. The jsfiddle at http://bitovi.com/blog/2012/12/canjs-1.1-release-notes.html *DOES NOT WORK*
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Pressing the Annotate for Can results in a runtime error, essentially the same error as (1) (we are using jquery.min so slight difference)
Conclusion
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I am so far unable to find any way whatever of rendering a can.Observe to a handlebars template, with or without a working binding.
Getting one's head around a new piece of technology is often a challenge, but when the documented examples and instructions are *patently wrong* then it becomes an exercise in futility.
Please get this fixed / documentation amended / whatever, it's an absolute show stopper and I cannot be the only user facing (or about to face) this problem.
Regards
Ron
Thanks for your response. I can't remember where I did the initial download but never mind. Unfortunately we are still not there.
Using jquery 1.7.2 and all the can 1.1.5 downloads and referring to your online documentation and examples I find the following :
1. The syntax `can.view(templateId, context)` *DOES NOT WORK*
===================================================
Assuming that context is a simple Javascript object (not an observable etc) then :
The construct `$el.append(can.view(templateId, context))` raises a jquery error relating to document fragments. Not surprisingly it's more informative to use jquery.js rather than jquery.min.js.
The error arises from the can.view(templateId, context) part.
The following syntax *DOES* work with said simple Javascript object :
template = can.view(templateId); // compile the template
$el.append(template(context)) // render it
Using this syntax allows a handlebars template to be correctly rendered but with *NO BINDING* as there is no can.Observe in use.
2. The examples at http://donejs.com/docs.html#!Acquisition *DO NOT WORK*
============================================================
The first example shows a template creation using raw text, however, as shown it fails.
The `can.view.frag(fragment)` throws an error, and as fragment is *already* a correctly rendered string it should be rendered to the DOM as
`can.$(document.body).append(fragment)`
3. The one way binding example documented at http://donejs.com/docs.html#!Binding *DOES NOT WORK*
=================================================================================
This example purports to show a one way binding of a can.Observable to a handlebars template
It suffers from the above problem. If it is amended as above to first compile, then render, then it outputs the following :
Welcome @@!!@@
@@!!@@
Which seems to be the skeleton of the template prior to the expected substitutions
4. The jsfiddle at http://bitovi.com/blog/2012/12/canjs-1.1-release-notes.html *DOES NOT WORK*
==========================================================================
Pressing the Annotate for Can results in a runtime error, essentially the same error as (1) (we are using jquery.min so slight difference)
Conclusion
=========
I am so far unable to find any way whatever of rendering a can.Observe to a handlebars template, with or without a working binding.
Getting one's head around a new piece of technology is often a challenge, but when the documented examples and instructions are *patently wrong* then it becomes an exercise in futility.
Please get this fixed / documentation amended / whatever, it's an absolute show stopper and I cannot be the only user facing (or about to face) this problem.
Regards
Ron