Unable to reach view via router in Backbone.js + RequireJS - backbone.js

Question

I've been trying to practice on backbone.js, I found one tutorial online which I was trying to follow (http://backbonetutorials.com/what-is-a-router/) but unfortunately i have problem reaching to my view through the router.
Below is my code
main.js
requirejs.config({
// create local alias for package
paths: {
l : 'my/vehicle',
underscore : 'vendors/underscore',
jqueryui : 'vendors/jquery-ui/js/jquery-ui-1.9.0.custom.min',
backbone : 'vendors/backbone',
bootstrap : 'vendors/bootstrap'
},
shim: {
backbone: {
deps: ["underscore", "jquery"],
exports: "Backbone"
},
underscore: {
exports: "_"
}
}
})
require(['../../config'], function(core){
require(["l/app"], function(App) {
'use strict';
App.initialize();
});
});
app.js
define(["jquery", "backbone", "l/router"], function($, Backbone, Router) {
var initialize = function(){
// Pass in our Router module and call it's initialize function
Router.initialize();
}
return {
initialize: initialize
};
});
router.js
define([
'jquery',
'underscore',
'backbone',
'l/views/BrowseVehicle'
], function($, _, Backbone, BrowseVehicleView){
var AppRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
// Define some URL routes
'/browse' : 'showVehicleBrowse',
// Default
'*actions' : 'defaultAction'
}
});
var initialize = function(){
var app_router = new AppRouter;
app_router.on('showVehicleBrowse', function(){
// Call render on the module we loaded in via the dependency array
console.log('am here');
var BrowseVehicleView = new BrowseVehicleView();
BrowseVehicleView.render();
});
app_router.on('defaultAction', function(actions){
// We have no matching route, lets just log what the URL was
console.log('No route:', actions);
});
Backbone.history.start();
};
return {
initialize: initialize
};
});
views/BrowseVehicle.js
define([
'jquery',
'underscore',
'backbone'
], function($, _, Backbone){
var BrowseVehicleView = Backbone.View.extend({
el: $('#vehicle-browse-form'),
render: function(){
// Using Underscore we can compile our template with data
console.log('I reached vehicle browse form');
}
});
// Our module now returns our view
return BrowseVehicleView;
});
There is no error on loading the code, console.log is not printing anything in the view nor in the router inside the routed function. I tried to access my urls using URL/#/browse but not getting the console.log statement.
Can anyone please advise?

Answer 1

In the routes {} definition remove the forward slash in front of browse.