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assets/js/collections/foodmap.MapItemList.js

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+
+var foodmap = foodmap || {};
+
+var MapItemList = Backbone.Collections.extend({
+
+    model: foodmap.MapItem,
+
+    url: "/assets/resources/eateries2.json",
+
+    // demo funcs
+    list_cost_low: function() {
+        return this.filter(function(mapItem){
+            return mapItem.get("price") === "low";
+        });
+    },
+    list_cost_med: function() {
+        return this.filter(function(mapItem){
+            return mapItem.get("price") === "med";
+        });
+    },
+    list_cost_high: function() {
+        return this.filter(function(mapItem){
+            return mapItem.get("price") === "high";
+        });
+    }
+
+});
+
+foodmap.list = new MapItemList();

assets/js/models/foodmap.MapItem.js

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+
+var foodmap = foodmap || {};
+
+foodmap.MapItem = Backbone.Model.extend({
+
+    initialize: function(){
+        console.log('INIT foodmap.MapItem');
+    },
+
+    defaults: {
+        "name": "Default MapItem",
+        "description": "",
+        "price": "",
+        "ethnicity": "",
+        "tags": "",
+        "coordinates": ""
+    }
+
+});