js__backbone__codeschool1/web/client/src/todoModel.js

// Create a model class.
const TodoItem = Backbone.Model.extend({
    defaults: {
      description: "Empty todo",
      status: "incomplete",
    },
    // RESTful web service, RoR flavor.
    urlRoot: '/server/todos',

    toggleStatus(view) {
      this.set('status', (this.get('status') === 'incomplete')
        ? 'complete'
        : 'incomplete');
      this.save();
    }
  }
);

function todoModelSingleExample() {

  const onChange = (change, x) => {
    console.log('On change', change.changed);
  };

  // Create a model instance to load it by ID.
  const todoItem = new TodoItem({ id: 1 });

  // Listeners
  todoItem.on('change', onChange);
  // Skip listener during a change. Notice the value format.
  todoItem.set({ 'description': 'some other description' }, {silent: true});
  // Remove listener.
  //todoItem.off('change', onChange);

  /* Built-in events
  change - when any attribute is modified
  change:<attr> - when <attr> is modified
  destroy - when the model is destroyed
  sync - when the model successfully synced with the server
  error - when model save or validation fails
  all - on any event
   */

  // Check default attribute pre-fetch.
  const defaultDescription = todoItem.get('description');

  // Access the server at /server/todos/1 (urlRoot + '/' + item.id).
  const x = todoItem.fetch({ async: false });

  // Manipulate attributes.
  const description = todoItem.get('description');
  todoItem.set('status', 'complete');

  // Save on server.
  todoItem.save();

  // Destroy on server.
  // todoItem.destroy();

  return todoItem;
}

/**
 * @see Model.url
 */
$(function () {
  // Let it be global for console use.
  globalTodoItem = todoModelSingleExample();
});