define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone','text!modules/index/indexViewTemplate.html', 'modules/base/baseView'], function($, _, Backbone, indexViewTemplate, BaseView){ var IndexView = BaseView.extend({ collection: null, //initialize template template:_.template(indexViewTemplate), initialize: function (options) { var self = this; IndexView.__super__.initialize.call(this); this.collection = options.collection; this.collection.fetch({ success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR){ self.render(); } }); }, //render the content into div of view render: function(){ //this.header.title = "pippo"; IndexView.__super__.render.call(this); //this.el is the root element of Backbone.View. By default, it is a div. //$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.$el.append(this.template({data:this.collection.toJSON()})); this.$el.append(this.footer.$el); this.trigger("renderCompleted:Categories",this); //return to enable chained calls this.$el.find("#indexBtn").addClass("ui-btn-active"); return this; } }); return IndexView; });