Setting id and className dynamically in Backbone.js views

Question

I am in process of learning and using Backbone.js.

I have an Item model and a corresponding Item view. Each model instance has item_class and item_id attributes, that I

Answer 1

In your view just do something like this

var ItemView = Backbone.View.extend({
   tagName:  "div",   // I know it's the default...

   render: function() {
     $(this.el).attr('id', 'id1').addClass('nice').html('Some Stuff'); 
   }       
});