Mastering Backbone.js

ModelView

The simplest implementation is to render a single model; it's a very straightforward algorithm. Extract data from the model and use a template engine to make the actual render with the data; finally, attach the result in the DOM:

class MyView extends Backbone.View {
  constructor(options) {
    super(options);
    template: _.template($("#my-template").html());
  }
  
  render() {
       var data = this.model.toJSON();
    var renderedHtml = this.template(data);
    this.$el.html(renderedHtml);
    return this;
  }
}

In the following code we can identify five steps to rendering the view.

1. Get the template:

   $("#my-template").html()
   

2. Compile the template:

   _.template($("#my-template").html())
   

3. Get data from the model:

   var data = this.model.toJSON()
   

4. Render the template with model ...