describe("app.views.Base", function(){ function stubView(text){ var stubClass = Backbone.View.extend({ render : function(){ $(this.el).html(text) return this } }) return new stubClass } describe("#render", function(){ beforeEach(function(){ var staticTemplateClass = app.views.Base.extend({ template_name : "#static-text-template" }) this.model = new Backbone.Model({text : "model attributes are in the default presenter"}) this.view = new staticTemplateClass({model: this.model}) this.view.render() }) it("renders the template with the presenter", function(){ expect($(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({ template_name : "#static-text-template", 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("