title: Inserting a view element in the DOM
body: <p>I have a view I want to insert into the DOM. As I understand it, the setElement method creates a jQuery element (saved as $el) which is unattached to the DOM. I'm trying to insert that jQuery element into an existing DOM element, without success.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SimpleView = Backbone.View.extend({
  
      initialize: function(){
          this.setElement('#simpleview');
          this.render();
      },
  
      render: function(){
          this.$el.appendTo('#container');
      }
  });
  
  var myview = new SimpleView();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/pz8FE/2/" rel="nofollow">jsFiddle here</a></p>