Backbone.js: Keeping track of the element you insert into the DOM at render time

// pass in the $parentEl in the options so you can reference it.

render: function () {
 this.$el = $(this.template({
 ...
 })).appendTo(this.$parentEl);

 // Call delegateEvents() afterwards if you have 
 // events in your view you want bound to the
 // new this.$el
 this.delegateEvents();
}

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