Example BackboneView

gistfile1.js

PageView = Backbone.View.extend({
	initialize: function(){
	  // If model has changed, update view accordingly:  
          this.model.bind("change", this.render, this);
	},
	render: function(evt){console.warn('called: view::render');
          /*
           * Normally we maybe would/could do something like this, but
           * how can we update the View if we have initialized it with 
           * an already rendered markup instead of a template?
           */
	  $(this.el).html(_.template(this.model.toJSON()));
          return this;	
	},
	events: {
        "click .update-page-title": "updatePageTitle"
    },
    updatePageTitle: function ( event ){
    	this.model.set({
            title: 'FooTitle'
        });
    	this.model.save();
    	return false;
    },
});