Backbone.js singular Models not in collection

Question

Being new to Backbone.js, just wanted to clarify the correct way to go about this simple task.

Developing a web app, almost always, you\'ll have user accounts, where use

Answer 1

There is not any reason to feel forced to declare a Collection for every Model your App has. It is very common to have Models without Collection associated.

// code simplified and not tested
App.CurrentUser = Backbone.Model.extend({
  url: "http://myapp.com/session.json"
});

App.CurrentUserView = Backbone.View.extend({
  el: "#user-info",

  render: function(){
    this.$el.html( "<h1>" + this.model.get( "name" ) + "</h1>" );
  }
});

var currentUser = new App.CurrentUser();
currentUser.fetch();

var currentUserView = new App.CurrentUserView()({ model: currentUser });
currentUserView.render();

Answer 2

If you want a model / view with no collection, don't write a collection or collection view.

Add the view the same way you normally see the collection based view added.