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/* Create a View constructor function, sort of mimics what is done with the actual Backbone.View found in Backbone.js  */
var View = function (parameter1,parameter2) {
    this.IAm = 'View Constructor';
    /*call the first initialize function found in the prototype chain and set its scope to this*/
    this.initialize.apply(this, arguments); //pass arguments array to initialize function
};

/* Extend the View constructor's prototype with a default empty initialize function to be invoked when no initialize function is passed to the extend() function*/
View.prototype.initialize = function () {};

/*Create a generic static extend() function for creating sub-classes or what I like to call sub-constructors. Include it as a property on the View constructor function*/
View.extend = function (protoProps, staticProps) {

    var parent = this; /*this is the View constructor function in this code, or the function that extend is a static property*/
    var child; /*this will be the sub constructor function, i.e. sub-constructor or specifially in this code subView*/

    if (protoProps && _.has(protoProps, 'constructor')) { /*check for an alternative constructor passed into extend()*/
        child = protoProps.constructor; /*if found, use that as the sub-constructor*/
    } else {
        /*else create a function (i.e. the sub-constructor) that when invoked calls View() constructor passing it arguments from the child function (i.e. the sub-constructor) and setting the context to the child function (i.e. the sub-constructor). This copies over the properties in View constructor*/
        child = function () {
            return parent.apply(this, arguments);
        };
    }
    /*add the parents static properties and any staticProps provided to extend(), yes this includes extend() itself on the parent, thus subView() now can call extend() and sub-constructing can go on forever*/
    _.extend(child, parent, staticProps);

    /*Set the prototype chain to inherit from parent (i.e. View in this code), without calling parent's constructor function.
    Basicly this connects the prototype chain between our parent constructor (i.e. View in this code) and are child sub-constructor*/
    var Surrogate = function () {
        this.constructor = child;
    };
    Surrogate.prototype = parent.prototype;
    child.prototype = new Surrogate();

    /*Add prototype properties to the sub constructor, if supplied. All instances of the sub constructor will inherit these properties */
    if (protoProps){ _.extend(child.prototype, protoProps);}

    /*Set a static property on sub constructor pointing to the parents prototype, here that's View.prototype*/
    child.__super__ = parent.prototype;

    return child; /*return the sub constructor all wired up ready to be invoked and inheriting from its parent*/
};

/*Extend View, creating a sub-constructor function based on the View constructor (i.e. extend the View constructor making subView inherit from View)*/
var subView = View.extend({
    protoPropsHere: 'protoProps',
    Iam: 'subView Constructor',
    initialize: function (parameter1,parameter2) { //when an instance is created from the subView run initialize
        console.log('sub-constructor has been used, instance created');
        console.log('The ' + parameter1 +' '+ parameter2 + ' have been passed');
        console.log('the value of this:' + this.Iam + ', was correctly set');
    } 
}, {
    staticePropertiesHere: 'staticProperties'
}

);

/*Verify static property on subView*/
console.log(subView.staticePropertiesHere);

/*Create an instance of the subView called myView and run initialize function passing it options*/
var myView = new subView('param1','param2');

/*Verify prototype property on myView*/
console.log(myView.protoPropsHere);