Level 1.2: apply parsing during constructor too.

web/client/src/todoModel.js

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ const TodoItem = Backbone.Model.extend({
     // Default parse() implementation, not needed with RoR style APIs
     // parse: response => response,
 
-    parse: (response) => response.todo,
+    // Long format for arrow function to allow breakpoint setting in Chrome.
+    parse: (response) => {
+      return response.todo;
+    },
 
     toggleStatus(view) {
       this.set('status', (this.get('status') === 'incomplete')
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ function todoModelSingleExample() {
   };
 
   // Create a model instance to load it by ID.
-  const todoItem = new TodoItem({ id: 1 });
+  const todoItem = new TodoItem({todo: { id: 1 }}, { parse: true });
 
   // Listeners
   todoItem.on('change', onChange);