Backbone.js: complex views combining multiple models

Question

So far all tests and tutorials i\'ve been trying, to get the structure in my head, show me that a view is bound to 1 model.

lets say i have a small app to store and

Answer 1

In that case, I'd consider a dynamic model with both of your sub-models. In your route handler, you could do something like this:

var model = new Backbone.Model();
model.set({contacts: new ContactsModel(), users: new UsersModel()});
var view = new GridView({model: model});

Of course, there is nothing stopping you from passing in the models separately:

var contacts = new ContactsModel();
var users = new UsersModel();
var view = new GridView({model: contacts, users: users})

I still prefer the composite approach of the first because it doesn't conflate what the model is.