Backbone View Inheritance

Question

I am trying to write a Backbone view for an object browser which is designed to be implemented in several places with different object types and slightly different operation

Answer 1

I think I've figured out the answer to my own problem.

I believe the right way to achieve what I am looking for is to move the initialization of properties in to the initialize method provided by Backbone views. This way they are initialized

var BrowserView = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function () {
        this.collections = [];
    }
});

var FileBrowserView = BrowserView.extend({
    initialize: function () {
        BrowserView.prototype.initialize.apply(this);
        
        this.collections.push({name: 'Example Collection' + Math.rand()});
    }
});


var FileBrowserInstance1 = new FileBrowserView;
console.log(FileBrowserInstance1.collections);

var FileBrowserInstance2 = new FileBrowserView;
console.log(FileBrowserInstance2.collections);

http://jsfiddle.net/yssAT/2/