code-challenge-7geese/src/main.js

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

/*global require*/
'use strict';
var handleName = require('./functions/handleName.js'),
    defaultModel = require('./models/defaultModel.js'),
    reposCollection = require('./collections/reposCollection.js');
module.exports = function(myConfig) {
    // if no config is provided, load some default div id names (verbose but includes error checking)
    myConfig = (typeof myConfig === 'object') ? myConfig : {};
    myConfig.repoName = (typeof myConfig.repoName === 'string') ? myConfig.repoName: '7geese';
    myConfig.searchTemplateId = (typeof myConfig.searchTemplateId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchTemplateId : 'search_template';
    myConfig.searchDivId = (typeof myConfig.searchDivId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchDivId : 'search_div';
    myConfig.searchListId = (typeof myConfig.searchListDivId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchListDivId : 'search_list';
    myConfig.searchInputId = (typeof myConfig.searchInputId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchInputId : 'search_input';
    myConfig.searchClearId = (typeof myConfig.searchClearId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchClearId : 'search_clear';
    myConfig.searchSubmitId = (typeof myConfig.searchSubmitId === 'string') ? myConfig.searchSubmitId : 'search_submit';
    // create the object prototype
    myConfig.myObject = {
        // add helper functions that we can access everywhere else
        functions: {
            handleName: handleName,
            init: function() {

            }
        },
        // add a default model
        models: {
            defaultModel: defaultModel()
        },
        // views will be appended as necessary
        views: {}
    };
    // now fetch and append collections
    myConfig.myObject.collections = {
        reposCollection: reposCollection(myConfig)
    };
    return myConfig.myObject;
};