Backbone.js _ensureElement error
backbone-routing, backbone-views, backbone.js, javascript
Solution
You are missing new keyword in router code:
var blogFormView = new App.BlogFormView({model: blog});
Also, it usually isn't best idea to call render inside the initialize method. I personally would just call render inside the router code.
Problem
I'm getting this error, when I want to initialize the view from router class. Error is: Uncaught TypeError: Object # has no method '_ensureElement' BlogFormView: ``` App.BlogFormView = Backbone.View.extend({ el: ".data-form", initialize: function(){ this.template = _.template($("#blog_form_template").html()); this.render(); }, render: function(){ this.$el.html(this.template({blog: this.model.toJSON()})); return this; }, events: { "click .submit-blog" : "submitForm" }, submitForm: function(ev){ } }); ``` Router: ``` var blog = new App.Blog(); var blogFormView = App.BlogFormView({model: blog}); ```