calling javascript on rendering views in BackBone js. post-render callback?

Question

behold, a backbone view render call:

render: function() {
  $(this.el).html(this.template({title: \'test\'}));  //#1
  this.renderScatterChart();
  return th         


        

Answer 1

My usual approach for this sort of thing is to use setTimeout with a timeout of zero to arrange for something to happen once the browser gets control again. Try this:

render: function() {
    $(this.el).html(this.template({title: 'test'}));

    var _this = this;
    setTimeout(function() {
        _this.renderScatterChart();
    }, 0);

    return this;
}

Or, if renderScatterChart is already bound to the appropriate this:

render: function() {
    $(this.el).html(this.template({title: 'test'}));
    setTimeout(this.renderScatterChart, 0);
    return this;
}

You can also use _.defer if you want to be more explicit about what you're up to:

defer _.defer(function, [*arguments])

Defers invoking the function until the current call stack has cleared, similar to using setTimeout with a delay of 0.

So you could also do it like this:

// Assuming that `renderScatterChart` is bound to the appropriate `this`...
render: function() {
    $(this.el).html(this.template({title: 'test'}));
    _(this.renderScatterChart).defer();
    return this;
}

// or if it isn't bound...
render: function() {
    $(this.el).html(this.template({title: 'test'}));

    var _this = this;
    _(function() {
        _this.renderScatterChart();
    }).defer();

    return this;
}