Question

I want my model to save to the server every time it changes.

I have tried:

initialize: function() {
    this.bind('change', this.save());
},

I’m new to Backbone so I’m willing to believe there is a better way to achieve this. Basically I want avoid calling model.save at other points in my code by just automatically saving to the server every time the model changes.

Answer 1

you are calling this.save immediately instead of passing it through as a callback function.remove the parenthesis on this.save:

initialize: function() {
    this.bind('change', this.save);
},

and your model’s this.save method will be passed in as a function reference, allowing it to be called when the model changes.