js__backbone__codeschool1/web/client/src/todoView.js

// Create a view class.
const TodoView = Backbone.View.extend({
  tagName: 'article',
  id: 'todo-view',
  className: 'todo',

  // Underscore templating.
  //language=HTML
  template: _.template(`
<h3 class="<%= status %>">   
  <input type="checkbox" 
    <% if (status === "complete") print("checked") %> /> 
  <%= description %>
</h3>
`),

  events: {
    // Generates this.$el.('h3", 'click', alertStatus).
    'click h3': 'alertStatus',

    'change input': 'toggleStatus',
  },

  // Backbone.
  initialize() {
    // Backbone on() takes (event, callback, context)
    this.model.on('change', this.render, this);
    // Or without an explicit context, use a bound function.
    // this.model.on('change', this.render.bind(this));
    this.model.on('destroy', this.remove, this);

    // The custom "hide" event says to hide the model from the view, although it
    // is not destroyed. So we can remove its view.
    this.model.on('hide', this.remove, this);
  },

  // Handle on destroy.
  remove() {
    this.$el.remove();
  },

  // Handle "click h3"
  alertStatus() {
    // Noisy.
    // alert('Hey, you clicked the H3');
  },

  // Handle "change input".
  toggleStatus() {
    this.model.toggleStatus();
  },

  render: function () {
    const attributes = this.model.toJSON();
    const html = this.template(attributes);
    // Since this.el is a DOMElement, we can just wrap it with jQuery instead
    // of using a jQuery selector like $('#todo-view') or $('.todo').
    // This is better because it is id- and class- independent.
    // $(this.el).html(html);
    // Backbone even gives a shortcut: the $el property.
    this.$el.html(html);
    return this;
  },
});

function todoViewSingleExample(todoItem) {
  // Create a view instance.
  const todoView = new TodoView({ model: todoItem });

  // Build view.
  todoView.render();
  // console.log(todoView.el);

  // Apply to the DOM.
  $('#app').html(todoView.el);
}

$(function () {
  // Reuse the global item.
  // todoViewSingleExample(globalTodoItem);
});