Question

The code:

var Appointment = Backbone.Model.extend({});
var appointment = new Appointment();
appointment.set('title', 'My knee hurts');
var AppointmentView = Backbone.View.extend({
  render: function(){
    $(this.el).html('<li>' + this.model.get('title') + '</li>');
  }
});

Question about that: $(this.el)…
looks like “this” is “window” object and not event object?

Please if you can expain deeply how it working.

Thanks,
Yosef

Answer 1

In backbone.js views the this is bound to the view object, not the window. You can access the event object if needed and through there get a reference to the target element. Have a look at this question for some more information.