Question

I am trying to instantiate a model in a backbone.js router which I have included through require.js. However, I keep getting the following error;

Uncaught TypeError: object is not a function

Here is the model;

define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone'], function($, _, Backbone) {
    var AppState = Backbone.View.extend({});
    return AppState;
});

And here is the router where I am trying the instantiate the model.

define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'models/appstate'], 
function($, _, Backbone, AppState) {

    var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
        routes: {
          '': 'index'
        },

        index: function() {
            var appState = new AppState();
        }
    });
    return new Router();
});

The model file is being included and all paths are correct.

Answer 1

Have your model extend model instead of view.