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

The other examples are not showing how to actually grab the data from the model. To dynamically add id and class from the model's data:

var ItemView = Backbone.View.extend({
   tagName:  "div",

   render: function() {
     this.id = this.model.get('item_id');
     this.class = this.model.get('item_class');
     $(this.el).attr('id',this.id).addClass(this.class).html('Some Stuff'); 
   }       
});