Default Routes in a Backbone.js controller?

Question

I want to set a default route for my backbone.js controller. Currently I do it like so:

class DealSearchController extends Backbone.Controller
    routes:
               


        

Answer 1

Try adding this additional route as the last route in your controller:

'*path':  'defaultRoute'

and then handle it like this:

defaultRoute: function(path) {
    this.showListView();
}

This assumes the list route is your preferred default. This should work since Backbone.js will match the routes in order, but will always match the 'splat' route.