define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'text!modules/about/aboutViewTemplate.html', 'modules/base/baseView', 'classes/profile'], function ($, _, Backbone, aboutViewTemplate, BaseView, Profile) { var AboutView = BaseView.extend({ //initialize template template: _.template(aboutViewTemplate), initialize: function () { this.id = "AboutView"; AboutView.__super__.initialize.call(this); }, //render the content into div of view render: function () { if (this.created === true) { //this.header.title = "pippo"; AboutView.__super__.render.call(this); //this.el is the root element of Backbone.View. By default, it is a div. //$el is cached jQuery object for the view's element. //append the compiled template into view div container this.$el.append(this.header.$el); this.$el.append(this.template({app: myManifest, profile: Profile})); this.$el.append(this.footer.$el); this.$el.find("#infoBtn").addClass("ui-btn-active"); } //$("#homeBtn").addClass("ui-btn-active"); //return to enable chained calls return this; } }); return AboutView; });