Merge pull request galaxyproject#20786 from guerler/refactor_initialization

Remove Backbone from UI bootstrap initialization

Author: itisAliRH

client/src/app/app.test.js

@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 import galaxyOptions from "@tests/test-data/bootstrapped";
 import { getGalaxyInstance, setGalaxyInstance } from "app";
-import Backbone from "backbone";
 import { suppressDebugConsole } from "tests/jest/helpers";
 
 export function setupTestGalaxy(galaxyOptions_ = null) {
     galaxyOptions_ = galaxyOptions_ || galaxyOptions;
-    setGalaxyInstance((GalaxyApp) => {
-        const galaxy = new GalaxyApp(galaxyOptions_);
-        galaxy.currHistoryPanel = {
-            model: new Backbone.Model(),
-        };
-        return galaxy;
-    });
+    setGalaxyInstance((GalaxyApp) => new GalaxyApp(galaxyOptions_));
 }
 
 // the app console debugs make sense but we just don't want to see them in test
@@ -38,13 +31,6 @@ describe("App base construction/initializiation defaults", () => {
         expect(app.options.patchExisting).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    test("App base extends from Backbone.Events", function () {
-        const app = getGalaxyInstance();
-        ["on", "off", "trigger", "listenTo", "stopListening"].forEach(function (fn) {
-            expect(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(app, fn) && typeof app[fn] === "function").toBeTruthy();
-        });
-    });
-
     // // We no longer want this behavior, but leaving the test to express that
     test("App base will patch in attributes from existing Galaxy objects", function () {
         const existingApp = getGalaxyInstance();