observable-component

observable

Get and set attributes and watch for changes. The simplest type of model there is. Will work with Reactive and emits both Backbone-style and Reactive-style events ('change:foo' vs 'change foo').

Installation

Component:

component install anthonyshort/observable

npm:

npm install observable-component

Usage

var Observable = require('observable');
var model = new Observable();
 
model.on('change color', function(val, previous){
  console.log('Color was ' + previous + ', now it is ' + val);
});
 
model.set('color', 'red'); // Color was undefined, now it is red
model.set('color', 'blue'); // Color was red, now it is blue
 
// Set many at once
model.set({
  color: 'green',
  background: 'lightGreen'
});
 
// Set attributes silently
model.set('color', 'red', { silent: true });
 
// Get the attribute
model.get('color') // red

You can mix it in too:

function Thingy(){
   this.set('color', 'red');
}
 
Observable(Thingy.prototype);
 
var thing = new Thingy();
thing.get('color') // 'red'