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Exercise: Sorting a Collection

Explore how to sort a collection of models in Marionette.js by creating and applying comparator functions. This lesson helps you understand sorting logic within collections, enabling you to display data in a customized, organized manner by first and last name sorting.

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Sorting a collection with a function

Let’s say we have the following collection:

Node.js
var contacts = new ContactManager.ContactCollection([ 
    {
      firstName: "Alice",
      lastName: "Tampen"
    }, 
    { 
      firstName: "Bob",
      lastName: "Brigham"
    },  
      firstName: "Alice",
      lastName: "Artsy"
    }, 
    {
      firstName: "Alice",
      lastName: "Arten"
    },
    {
      firstName: "Charlie",
      lastName: "Campbell"
    }, 
    {
      firstName: "Alice",
      lastName: "Smith"
    },
]);

If you run the code, you’ll see the contacts in the following order:

    ...