title: proper way to dynamically assign backbone.js view el
body: <p>I would like to create two ( or more ) view instances, each with different el attributes, and have events bound to them via backbone.js view's events hash ( not through jQuery ).</p>
  
  <p>Getting events to trigger when all instantiations have the same <code>el</code> is easy:</p>
  
  <pre><code>someView = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: '#someDiv',
  
    events: {
      'click': 'someFunction'
    },
  
    someFunction: function(){
      //Do something here
    }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So far, if I assign <code>el</code> in the <code>initialize</code> function, and set <code>events</code> normally as follows, events do not trigger:</p>
  
  <pre><code>someView = Backbone.View.extend({
    events: {
      'click': 'someFunction'
    },
  
    initialize: function( options ){
      this.el = options.el
    },
  
    someFunction: function(){
      //Do something here
    }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My first instinct was to have <code>el</code> be a function that returns the string representation of the dom element of interest:</p>
  
  <pre><code>someView = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: function(){
      return '#someDiv-' + this.someNumber
    },
  
    events: {
      'click': 'someFunction'
    },
  
    initialize: function( options ){
      this.someNumber = options.someNumber
    },
  
    someFunction: function(){
      //Do something here
    }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, this triggers <code>someFunction</code> x times if I have x instantiations of <code>someView</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Next I tried setting both the <code>el</code> and <code>events</code> attributes in <code>initialize</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>someView = Backbone.View.extend({
  
    initialize: function( options ){
      this.el = options.el
      this.events = {
        'click': 'someFunction'
      }
    },
  
    someFunction: function(){
      //Do something here
    }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this does not trigger events.  At this point I'm pretty much fishing.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know how instantiate a backbone.js view with an <code>el</code> specific to that instance that has events that only trigger for that instance, and not other instances of the <code>View</code>?</p>