How to wait to render view in backbone.js until fetch is complete?
The method I use is the jQuery complete callback like this:
var self = this;
this.model.fetch().done(function(){
self.render();
});
This was recommended in a Backbone bug report. Although the bug report recommends using complete, that callback method has since been deprecated in favor of done.
You can also do this with jquery 1.5+
$.when(something1.fetch(), something2.fetch()...all your fetches).then(function() {
initialize your views here
});