Adding beforeRender and afterRender functions to a Backbone View Refer to the blog post http://www.sagarganatra.com/2013/01/adding-beforerender-and-afterrender-functions-to-backbone-view.html

WrapRenderFunction.js

(function () {
  		
	var TestView = Backbone.View.extend({

		el: '#container',

		initialize: function () {

        		console.log('Inside Init');
			
			this.render = _.wrap(this.render, function(render) {
				this.beforeRender();
				render();						
				this.afterRender();
			});						
			
			this.render();
		},

		render: function () {
			console.log('Inside render');
			return this;
		},
		
		beforeRender: function () {
			console.log("Before render");
		},
		
		afterRender: function () {
			console.log("After render");
		}

 	});
	
	var testViewInstance = new TestView;
	
})();