Testing backbone.js application with jasmine - view with bound element

Question

In my application I have a view which comes bound to an html element already in the DOM

var myView = Backbone.View.extend({
  ...
  el: '#myElement',
  ...
});

I've a problem with the following jasmine test:

beforeEach(function(){
            //fixiture created with jasmin-jquery.js plugin
        setFixtures('<div id="myElement"></div>');

        this.myView = new MyView({model: new Model()); 
    });
describe('when instantiated', function(){
it('should be associated to #myElement', function(){
            expect(this.app.el).toBeDefined();
            expect(this.app.el).toBe($('#myElement'));
        });
});

the test fails and it turns out that this.app.el == ''

Am I wrong or this shouldn't be the correct behavior?

Answer 1

您的装置不应该包含“myElement”ID 以便您的视图可以连接它吗？

setFixtures('<div id="myElement"></div>');