Marionette.js. Events. Magic Method Binding

The major difference between `Backbone.trigger` and `View.triggerMethod` is that `triggerMethod` can fire specially named events on the attached view. For instance, a view that has been rendered will fire `view.triggerMethod('render')` and call `onRender` - providing a handy way to add behavior to your views.

by marionettejs

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.2/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.3.3/backbone-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.radio/2.0.0/backbone.radio.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/marionettejs/backbone.marionette/next/lib/backbone.marionette.js"></script>

JavaScript

const { View } = Marionette; // import { View } from 'backbone.marionette';

const MyView = View.extend({
  onMyEvent(myVal) {
    console.log(myVal);
  }
});

const myView = new MyView();

myView.triggerMethod('my:event', 'someValue');