code-challenge-7geese/src/collections/reposCollection.js

This is a revised solution for the 7Geese JavaScript Challenge.

/*global require, module, Backbone, $, _*/
'use strict';
var Backbone = require('backbone'),
    searchView = require('../views/searchView.js');
module.exports = function(myConfig) {
    var myReposCollection;
    var ReposCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
        url: 'https://api.github.com/users/' + myConfig.repoName + '/repos',
        model: myConfig.myObject.models.defaultModel,
        // select only the attributes we want
        parse: function (response, xhr) {
            var parsedRepos = [];
            for (var i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
                var currentRepo = {
                    id: response[i].id,
                    // alter repo names based on challenge criteria
                    name: myConfig.myObject.functions.handleName(response[i].name),
                    forks: response[i].forks,
                    language: response[i].language,
                    // select only date portion of created_at string
                    date: response[i].created_at.split('T')[0]
                };
                parsedRepos.push(currentRepo);
            }
            return parsedRepos
        }
    });
    // initialize views after the fetch has been completed
    myReposCollection = new ReposCollection();
    myReposCollection.fetch({success: function() {
        myConfig.myObject.views.searchView = searchView(myConfig);
    }});
    return myReposCollection;
};