How to correctly add a jQuery UI autocomplete widget using Backbone.js

Question

I am in the process of learning Backbone.js. I currently assume that if one is using Backbone.js then all client-side javascript/jQuery should be integrated with Backbone. From

Answer 1

Attache all your plugins when you render the view:

you can do something like this:

render: function () {

  var view = this;
  // Fetch the template, render it to the View element and call done.

  application_namespace.fetchTemplate(this.template, function (tmpl) {
    var viewModel = view.model.toJSON();
    view.$el.html(tmpl(viewModel));

    view.$("#categories").autocomplete({
      minLength: 1,
      source: function (request, response) {
        $.getJSON("url" + view.storeId, {
            term: request.term,
          }, function (data) {
            response($.map(data, function (item) {
              return {
                value: item.title,
                obj: item
              };
          }));
        });
      },

      select: function (event, ui) {
        //your select code here
        var x = ui.item.obj;
        var categories = view.model.get("x");

        // bla bla
      }
      error: function (event, ui) {
        //your error code here
      }
    }
  });
}

Hope that helps