Question

How can I call the super’s render function in backbone (coffeescript)?

If not in coffeescript, I’ve heard

MyModel.__super__.render.call(this);

will work, but MyModel in this case is exports.MyModel, how do I use this function if its an element of exports?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Since you’re trying to call the super render method from inside the render method you could just something like this:

class TopLevelClass extends Backbone.View
  initialize: ->
    @render()

  render: ->
    console.log 'Render TopLevelClass'
    @ # return this

class SecondaryLevelClass extends TopLevelClass
  initialize: ->
    @render()

  render: ->
    super()
    console.log 'Render SecondaryLevelClass'
    @ # return this

t = new TopLevelClass
  # el: $("#first_div")
s = new SecondaryLevelClass
  # el: $("#second_div")

Source:
http://coffeescript.org/#classes

edit:
@lublushokolad is correct. The Backbone documentation recommends that render returns this