gistfile1.js

// Virbone.View is a subclass of Backbone.View, with our own customizations of event-handling
MyView = Virbone.View.extend({
    modelEvents: {
        // the binding of modelEvents knows the special keywords
        // `model` and `collection`
        "change:data model": "onDataUpdate",
        "add collection": "onModelAdded",
        // if the subject is other than `model` and `collection`,
        // the subject-key is looked up in the options-object
        "change:otherData otherModelInOptions": "onOtherDataUpdate"
    },
    
    // bind events to the pub/sub-system
    messengerEvents: {
        "page.new": "onNewPage"
    },
    
    initialize: function() {
        this.addSubView("otherView", new OtherView());
    },
    
    teardown: function() {
        // this function will be called when the view is removed using remove().
        // any custom events bound that is not model or messenger should be unbound here
    }
});

myView = new MyView();
// Unbinds model and messenger updates and escaletas the remove-call to myView's subviews, and teardown()
// is called for the view
myView.remove();