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Extending Backbone.View

API Modifications to Backbone.View

@render()

Method is overridden to do the following:

  1. Empty @el
  2. Call @render_el()
  3. Append all nodes returned from @render_el()
  4. Call @after_render()
  5. Return this

Reasoning

Reduce the boilerplate that commonly occurs in @render():

  1. Emptying and appending nodes (from a template)
  2. Setting up callbacks (event handlers, fetching data, etc.) after nodes have been rendered.

API Additions to Backbone.View

render_el([Cell Render Helper]) : [<Array of Nodes> | <Node>]

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