Backbone.js: Uncaught ReferenceError: variable is not defined

Question

I'm new to Backbone.js as well as to JavaScript in general. while playing around a bit, I'll get to error message shown in questions title having these model definitions:

var Incredient = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize : console.log("A new Incredient object called " + name + "has been created."),
  defaults : {
    name : '',
    quantity_unit: '',
    need_to_buy : true
  }
});

var Dish = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize : console.log("A new Dish object with title " + title + "has been created."),
  defaults : {
    title : '',
    incredients : [],
    instructions : ''
  }
});

Strange thing is, this error appears in line 11, which holds

initialize : console.log("A new Dish object with title " + title + "has been created."),

the variable, which is not defined is 'title'. However, line 2 does not cause any error message in Chrome's JS console. Obviously, there's no such reference error for 'name' despite the otherwise similar declarations. What's the matter with line 11? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

Alessandro Minoccheri · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-26 21:16:56Z

1

try this:

var Dish = Backbone.Model.extend({
  defaults : {
    title : '',
    incredients : [],
    instructions : ''
  },
  initialize : function(){
      console.log("A new Dish object with title " + this.get('title') + "has been created.")
  }
});

answered Nov 26, 2013 at 21:16

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Bunjip Over a year ago

This change now fires: Uncaught TypeError: Object [object global] has no method 'get'

Alessandro Minoccheri Over a year ago

This works fine for me... have you included jquery, backbone? Have you got other resources? @Bunjip

Bunjip Over a year ago

yeah, works fine for me now too. Forgot to put console.log() into a function(). Sorry for delay, though. Thnx mate!

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