backbone.js, connecting same collection model for 2 different views - backbone.js

Question

I have a collection, and I'm trying to share information concerning the current model being selected between two different views
-->TO PUT IT SIMPLY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MODEL SELECTED IN ONE VIEW FROM ANOTHER VIEW AND CHANGE/ASSIGN THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE MODEL
The first view is defined with:
App.Views.Person = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: 'a',
template: template('personTemplate'),
initialize: function(){
this.model.on('change', this.render, this);
this.model.on('destroy', this.remove, this);
},
render: function() {
this.$el.html( this.template(this.model.toJSON()) );
this.input = this.$('.view');
return this;
},
the second view is defined with:
App.Views.App = Backbone.View.extend({
el: 'html',
initialize: function(){
_.bindAll(this,"render");
},
render: function() {
return this;
},
and I created my views with the following
addPersonView = new App.Views.AddPerson({ collection: peopleCollection });
appView = new App.Views.App({ model: person, collection: peopleCollection });
How do I make it so that the model selected in the 2nd view is the same as the model in the first view as pulled from my collection --> for example, when I type something into the input box on my bottom view, I want to be able to use: this.set.model({name:title}) and for this to set the model attribute for the element (associated with a model) that is selected in my top view, but using this.set.modelis not choosing the correct model that is selected in my first view
for further reference and confusion: my models are being added to my PeopleView with the following code which i'm loading from an array;
App.Views.People = Backbone.View.extend({
// tagName: '',
initialize: function() {
var i = 1;
while(i < size)
{
var person = new App.Models.Person({ url: jsArray[i] });// creating a new person object..
this.collection.add(person);
i++
}
this.collection.on('add', this.addOne, this);
console.log(jsArray[1]);
// listeners/anouncers for the collection on add..
},
// refactored render method...
render: function() {
this.collection.each(this.addOne, this);
return this;
},
// called from render method of collection view..
addOne: function(person) {
var personView = new App.Views.Person({ model: person, vent: vent });
this.$el.append(personView.render().el);
}
});

Answer 1

I resolved this by using 'vents' so to speak --> (awesome link) the vents provide ways for views to communicate etc
http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2012/04/03/revisiting-the-backbone-event-aggregator-lessons-learned/, or an application level aggregator like so:
MyApp.vent = _.extend({}, Backbone.Events);
MyApp.vent.on("some:event", function(){
alert("some event was fired!");
});
MyApp.vent.trigger("some:event");