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I'm trying to familiarize myself with CoffeeScript and backbone.js, and I must be missing something. This CoffeeScript: MyView = Backbone.View.extend events: { "click" : "testHandler" } testHandler: -> console.log "click handled" return false view = new MyView {el: $('#test_container')} view.render() Generates the following JavaScript: (function() { var MyView, view; MyView = Backbone.View.extend({ events: { "click": "testHandler" }, testHandler: function() { console.log("click handled"); return false; } }); view = new MyView({ el: $('#test_container') }); view.render; }).call(this); But the click event does not fire testHandler when I click in test_container . If I change the output JavaScript to: $(function() { var MyView, view; MyView = Backbone.View.extend({ events: { "click": "testHandler" }, testHandler: function() { console.log("click handled"); return false; } }); view = new MyView({ el: $('#test_container') }); view.render; }); Removing the call(this) and appending the $ , everything works as expected. What am I missing?

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