JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Cody Lindley

HTML

<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/jquery-2.0.2.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/lodash.underscore.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/backbone.js"></script>
<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<div id="myView"></div>

CSS

iframe {
    height:103px !important;
}

JavaScript

var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
    events: {'click button': 'callRemove'},
    callRemove: function () {
        this.remove(); //removes view from DOM, cleans up events in DOM
        console.log($('#myView').length); //verify its gone, logs 0
    },
    render: function () {
        this.$el.html('<button>invoke remove()</button>');
        return this;
    },
    initialize:function(){this.render();}
});

var myViewInstance = new MyView({el: '#myView'});