Misleading omitted code

[kostasx]

In the Event Binding section http://rapidprototypingwithjs.com/#event-binding, the 3rd code sample:

...
var appleView = Backbone.View.extend({
this.model = new (Backbone.Model.extend({}));
this.model.bind('change', this.render, this);
this.bind('spinner',this.showSpinner, this);
},
…

presents and erroneous and quite misleading code fragment. Instead, I would suggest that the initialize function should not be omitted for clarity purposes:

...
var appleView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function(){
this.model = new (Backbone.Model.extend({}));
this.model.bind('change', this.render, this);
this.bind('spinner',this.showSpinner, this);
},
...

Of course, one can see the final code a couple of lines below, but for the sake of code readability it’s better that this line is included.

Thank you for a great resource!

[azat-co]

fixed in new book Fullstack JavaScript