defaults-on-top.md

Require defaults to be on top of the model (defaults-on-top)

If defaults are declared on the model, they should be declared as the very first thing to improve readability of the code.

Rule Details

The following patterns are considered warnings:

Backbone.Model.extend({
    initialize: function() {
        ...
    },
    defaults: {}
});

The following patterns are not warnings:

Backbone.Model.extend({
    defaults: {},
    initialize: function() {
        ...
    }
});

Options

This rule accepts an array of strings that would be excluded from the check. For example, if you use id or idAttribute properties in your Models and would like them to be declared before defaults, you can enable this rule with the following options:

"rules" : {
    "backbone/defaults-on-top": [1, ["id", "idAttribute"]],
    ...
}

When Not To Use It

If you never use defaults, there's no reason to enable this rule

Further Reading

BackboneJS Documentation