(function($){ Backbone.sync = function(method, model, success, error){ success(); } var Item = Backbone.Model.extend({ defaults: { part1: 'hello', part2: 'world' } }); var List = Backbone.Collection.extend({ model: Item }); var ItemView = Backbone.View.extend({ tagName: 'li', events: { 'click span.swap': 'swap', 'click span.delete': 'remove' }, initialize: function(){ _.bindAll(this, 'render', 'unrender', 'swap', 'remove'); this.model.bind('change', this.render); this.model.bind('remove', this.unrender); }, render: function(){ $(this.el).html('<span style="color:black;">'+this.model.get('part1')+' '+this.model.get('part2')+'</span> <span class="swap" style="font-family:sans-serif; color:blue; cursor:pointer;">[swap]</span> <span class="delete" style="cursor:pointer; color:red; font-family:sans-serif;">[delete]</span>'); return this; }, unrender: function(){ $(this.el).remove(); }, swap: function(){ var swapped = { part1: this.model.get('part2'), part2: this.model.get('part1') }; this.model.set(swapped); }, remove: function(){ this.model.destroy(); } }); var ListView = Backbone.View.extend({ el: $('body'), events: { 'click button#add': 'addItem' }, initialize: function(){ _.bindAll(this, 'render', 'addItem', 'appendItem'); this.collection = new List(); this.collection.bind('add', this.appendItem); this.counter = 0; this.render(); }, render: function(){ var self = this; $(this.el).append("<button id='add'>Add list item</button>"); $(this.el).append("<ul></ul>"); _(this.collection.models).each(function(item){ self.appendItem(item); }, this); }, addItem: function(){ this.counter++; var item = new Item(); item.set({ part2: item.get('part2') + this.counter }); this.collection.add(item); }, appendItem: function(item){ var itemView = new ItemView({ model: item }); $('ul', this.el).append(itemView.render().el); } }); var listView = new ListView(); })(jQuery);