Backbone.js - passing arguments through constructors

Question

Scenario:
I got an alert() saying undefined when I (try to) set the myVar variable through the Constructor. However i

Answer 1

Options passed into the constructor are automatically stored as this.options

var myView = Backbone.View.extend({

  myVar : 'Hello from inside',

  initialize: function() {
      alert(this.options.myVar);
  }
)};

new myView({myVar: 'Hello from outside'});