Is there a way in backbone.js to set up a new model (i.e. instantiate the class with empty attributes), without saving it back to the server?

Specifically, I have a collection which contains several items. When I want to create a new item within my collection, I call collection.create {}. This automatically saves the empty model back to my database.

In Rails, there's a difference between Class.create, which actually creates a database record, and Class.new, which simply creates one in memory and has to be manually saved. I'm basically looking for a backbone equivalent.

Is there a way in backbone.js to set up a new model (i.e. instantiate the class with empty attributes), without saving it back to the server?

Specifically, I have a collection which contains several items. When I want to create a new item within my collection, I call collection.create {}. This automatically saves the empty model back to my database.

In Rails, there's a difference between Class.create, which actually creates a database record, and Class.new, which simply creates one in memory and has to be manually saved. I'm basically looking for a backbone equivalent.

• javascript
• model-view-controller
• backbone.js

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Instead of Collection.create, use Collection.add.