Backbone.js: how to redirect from one view to another view?

Question

In Backbone.js, what is the equivalent of HttpResponseRedirect in Django?

In one Backbone.View, I need to submit data to the server, and then redirect the user to anoth

Answer 1

Here's the approach I've been taking:

Assuming you have a router defined with routes like these:

var MyRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
    routes: {
        'first-route': 'first',
        'second-route': 'second'
    },
    first: function() {
        // render first view
    },
    second: function() {
        // render second view
    }
    // ...
});

I usually just use tags and set the href attribute to the hash I want to redirect to:

First

Alternatively, if you want to "redirect" from within your JavaScript, you could set the location hash explicitly:

window.location.hash = 'first';

I'm not 100% sure that the latter is 'best practice', but I've seen it done in a number of good tutorials.

// Edit

So after re-reading your original question, you could 'redirect' after sync calls back from the server simply by setting the location hash.