Coccyx is a library inspired by backbone.js and spine.js designed to work with the Closure Library and the Closure Compiler.
- Compatible with the Closure Compiler in "advanced" mode without relying on an externs file.
- A model+repository persistence metaphor with pluggable repository back ends for local or remote persistence.
- Easy model JSON serialization/deserialization to compiler-renamed member properties via
goog.object.reflect(also used for key-based property pubsub). - An HTML5 History-based routing framework using a parser ported from the Gorilla mux package that provides sophisticated route parsing as well as route reversing (generation) and also allows routing across modules.
- A collection class with fast key-based access, ordering and a number of convenient functional-style methods like map, reduce and find.
- Extensive use of
goog.async.Deferredfor asynchronous callback handling and chaining, including routing and all persistence operations. - A publish/subscribe mechanism for observing/binding model, model attribute and collection changes based on
goog.pubsubto avoid the overhead of a DOM event system.
The Coccyx project is in use in production, but should still be considered an Alpha release. The API is still in flux and a number of bugs are still outstanding with more undoubtedly lurking.
Coccyx is provided under a BSD-style license. See coccyxlicense.txt. The route parsing and reversing portions are ported from Gorilla, see /router/gorillalicense.txt.