Merge pull request #515 from edx/db/template-improvements

Studio: Improvements for loading JS templates on Advanced Settings and Course Updates pages

cms/static/js/views/course_info_edit.js

@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ CMS.Views.ClassInfoUpdateView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     initialize: function() {
-    	var self = this;
-        // instantiates an editor template for each update in the collection
-        window.templateLoader.loadRemoteTemplate("course_info_update",
-        	// TODO Where should the template reside? how to use the static.url to create the path?
-            "/static/client_templates/course_info_update.html",
-            function (raw_template) {
-        		self.template = _.template(raw_template);
-        		self.render();
-            }
-        );
+        this.template = _.template($("#course_info_update-tpl").text());
+        this.render();
         // when the client refetches the updates as a whole, re-render them
         this.listenTo(this.collection, 'reset', this.render);
     },
@@ -241,16 +233,11 @@ CMS.Views.ClassInfoHandoutsView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     initialize: function() {
+        this.template = _.template($("#course_info_handouts-tpl").text());
         var self = this;
         this.model.fetch({
             complete: function() {
-                window.templateLoader.loadRemoteTemplate("course_info_handouts",
-                    "/static/client_templates/course_info_handouts.html",
-                    function (raw_template) {
-                        self.template = _.template(raw_template);
-                        self.render();
-                    }
-                );
+                self.render();
             },
             reset: true
         });

cms/static/js/views/settings/advanced_view.js

@@ -11,16 +11,9 @@ CMS.Views.Settings.Advanced = CMS.Views.ValidatingView.extend({
         // TODO enable/disable save based on validation (currently enabled whenever there are changes)
     },
     initialize : function() {
-        var self = this;
-        // instantiates an editor template for each update in the collection
-        window.templateLoader.loadRemoteTemplate("advanced_entry",
-            "/static/client_templates/advanced_entry.html",
-            function (raw_template) {
-                self.template = _.template(raw_template);
-                self.render();
-            }
-        );
+        this.template = _.template($("#advanced_entry-tpl").text());
         this.listenTo(this.model, 'invalid', this.handleValidationError);
+        this.render();
     },
     render: function() {
         // catch potential outside call before template loaded
@@ -56,7 +49,7 @@ CMS.Views.Settings.Advanced = CMS.Views.ValidatingView.extend({
         CodeMirror.fromTextArea(textarea, {
             mode: "application/json", lineNumbers: false, lineWrapping: false,
             onChange: function(instance, changeobj) {
-                instance.save()
+                instance.save();
                 // this event's being called even when there's no change :-(
                 if (instance.getValue() !== oldValue) {
                     var message = gettext("Your changes will not take effect until you save your progress. Take care with key and value formatting, as validation is not implemented.");
@@ -105,8 +98,7 @@ CMS.Views.Settings.Advanced = CMS.Views.ValidatingView.extend({
         //    call validateKey on each to ensure proper format
         //    check for dupes
         var self = this;
-        this.model.save({},
-            {
+        this.model.save({}, {
             success : function() {
                 self.render();
                 var title = gettext("Your policy changes have been saved.");

cms/templates/course_info.html

@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@
 <%block name="title">${_("Course Updates")}</%block>
 <%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course course-info updates</%block>
 
+<%block name="header_extras">
+% for template_name in ["course_info_update", "course_info_handouts"]:
+  <script type="text/template" id="${template_name}-tpl">
+    <%static:include path="js/${template_name}.underscore" />
+  </script>
+% endfor
+</%block>
 
 <%block name="jsextra">
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/template_loader.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/models/course_info.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/models/module_info.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/views/course_info_edit.js')}"></script>

cms/templates/js/advanced_entry.underscore

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<li class="field-group course-advanced-policy-list-item">
+	<div class="field is-not-editable text key" id="<%= key %>">
+		<label for="<%= keyUniqueId %>">Policy Key:</label>
+		<input readonly title="This field is disabled: policy keys cannot be edited." type="text" class="short policy-key" id="<%= keyUniqueId %>" value="<%= key %>" />
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="field text value">
+    <label for="<%= valueUniqueId %>">Policy Value:</label>
+    <textarea class="json text" id="<%= valueUniqueId %>"><%= value %></textarea>
+  </div>
+</li>

cms/templates/settings_advanced.html

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 <%inherit file="base.html" />
+<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
 <%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from contentstore import utils %>
 <%block name="title">${_("Advanced Settings")}</%block>
 <%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course advanced settings</%block>
 
-<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%!
-from contentstore import utils
-%>
-
 <%block name="jsextra">
+% for template_name in ["advanced_entry"]:
+  <script type="text/template" id="${template_name}-tpl">
+    <%static:include path="js/${template_name}.underscore" />
+  </script>
+% endfor
 
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/template_loader.js')}"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/views/validating_view.js')}"></script>

common/djangoapps/mitxmako/shortcuts.py

@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary, context=None, namespace='main'):
     return template.render_unicode(**context_dictionary)
 
 
-def render_to_response(template_name, dictionary, context_instance=None, namespace='main', **kwargs):
+def render_to_response(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None, namespace='main', **kwargs):
     """
     Returns a HttpResponse whose content is filled with the result of calling
     lookup.get_template(args[0]).render with the passed arguments.
     """
+    dictionary = dictionary or {}
     return HttpResponse(render_to_string(template_name, dictionary, context_instance, namespace), **kwargs)