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

Try to assign the values in initialize method this will directly assign id and class to the div attribute dynamically.

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

    initialize : function( options ) {
        if ( ! _.isUndefined( options ) ) {
            this.id = options.item_id;
            this.class= options.item_class;
        }
    },

    render : function() {
        $( this.el ).html( this.template( "stuff goes here" ) ); 
    }
} );