initialize-on-top.md

Requires initialize to be the first property of Backbone Views/Models/Collections (initialize-on-top)

Initialize is usally the first method that is executed when you instantiate a View, Model or Collection. As such, declaring it at the top improves readability and creates an easier to understand context for the rest of the class.

Rule Details

The following patterns are considered warnings:

Backbone.View.extend({
    render: function() {},
    initialize: function() {}
});

The following patterns are not warnings:

Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function() {},
    render: function() {}
});

Options

You can supply a list of options that would specify properties that you would like to exclude from the rule and allow to be placed above the initialize method:

"rules" : {
    "backbone/initialize-on-top": [1, { View: ["tagName", "className", "events"], Model: ["defaults"], Collection: ["model"] }],
    ...
}

Further Reading

• BackboneJS Documentation Models
• BackboneJS Documentation Views
• BackboneJS Documentation Collections