juhoen / selfify

Helper function for Backbone.js. Passes class context to each class method.

Selfify for Backbone.js

Helper function for Backbone.js. Selfify passes class context to each class method.

Instructions

Using Selfify is simple. Just add one line of code inside Backbone.js view's initialize-method:

initialize: function() {
  selfify(this);
}

Example

var ExampleView = Backbone.View.extend({
    
    names: ['John', 'Jane', 'Jack'],

    initialize: function() {
       selfify(this);  // Selfify by adding this line
    },

    greeting: function(self, name) {
        return 'Hi, ' + name + '!';
    },

    logGreetings: function(self) {
        for (var i in self.names) {
        
            var name = self.names[i];
            var greeting = self.greeting(name);
            
            console.log(greeting);
        }
    },
})


var a = new ExampleView();
a.logGreetings();

> Hi, John!
> Hi, Jane!
> Hi, Jack!