Backbone JS: can one view trigger updates in other views?

Question

In my simple project I have 2 views - a line item view (Brand) and App. I have attached function that allows selecting multiple items:

var BrandView = Backbone.V         


        

Answer 1

You can use Backbone object as the event bus.

This approach is somewhat cleaner but still relies on Global Backbone object though

var view1 = Backbone.View.extend({

  _onEvent : function(){
    Backbone.trigger('customEvent');
  }

});


var view2 = Backbone.View.extend({

  initialize : function(){
    Backbone.on('customEvent', this._onCustomEvent, this);
  },

  _onCustomEvent : function(){
    // react to document edit.
  }

});