How I learned to stop worrying and love the Router

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Routes are Magic

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Routes are Magic

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IT ALL Starts with Templates

Routes are Magic

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ALMOST ALL BOILERPLATE GOES AWAY As long as you Follow The

Ember naming conventions

Routes are Magic

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With Router v1: 282 loc

Routes are Magic

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Today: 32 loc

WTF Router?

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its hard to know what’s going on WITHOUT

LOG_TRANSITIONS = TRUEFor Console.log output when the router transitions between States

WHERE AM I?

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The router will tell you. It sets a

currentPathproperty on you application controller

Template w.no Route?

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Use the Handlebars

{{render sidebar}}tag - IT WILL wrap Your template in a view/Controller Pair wit

Routes ARE STATES

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but the ROUTER is not a STATE MANAGER (anymore)

Routes ARE STATES

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Create Record on enter (via model Hook)

Save: Register DidCreate CallbaCK TheN Commit

DidCreate: Transition elsewhere

EXIT: Rollback Unsaved Model

Questions

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