describe("app.views.Base", function(){ beforeEach(function(){ var StaticTemplateClass = app.views.Base.extend({ templateName : "static-text" }); this.model = new Backbone.Model({text : "model attributes are in the default presenter"}); this.view = new StaticTemplateClass({model: this.model}); }); describe("#render", function(){ beforeEach(function(){ this.view.render(); }); it("throws an exception if no templateName was provided", function() { expect(function() { new app.views.Base().render(); }).toThrow(new Error("No templateName set, set to false to ignore.")); }); it("does not throw an exception if templateName is set to false", function() { var ViewClass = app.views.Base.extend({ templateName: false }); new ViewClass().render(); }); it("throws an exception if an invalid templateName was provided", function() { expect(function() { var ViewClass = app.views.Base.extend({ templateName: "noiamnotavalidtemplate" }); new ViewClass().render(); }).toThrow(new Error("Invalid templateName provided: noiamnotavalidtemplate")); }); it("renders the template with the presenter", function(){ expect($(this.view.el).text().trim()).toBe("model attributes are in the default presenter"); }); it("it evaluates the presenter every render", function(){ this.model.set({text : "OMG It's a party" }); this.view.render(); expect($(this.view.el).text().trim()).toBe("OMG It's a party"); }); context("subViewRendering", function(){ beforeEach(function(){ var viewClass = app.views.Base.extend({ templateName : "static-text", subviews : { ".subview1": "subview1", ".subview2": "createSubview2" }, initialize : function(){ this.subview1 = stubView("OMG First Subview"); }, presenter: { text : "this comes through on the original render" }, postRenderTemplate : function(){ $(this.el).append("