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POBackbone: need help passing a URL to a self-invoking function
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    copied!<p>I was given this block of code to work with from a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14512551/backbone-console-log-returning-collection-and-undefined">previous post</a>:</p> <pre><code>;(function(){ var mythings = {}; function initializer($, _, Backbone, tableModel){ return Backbone.Collection.extend({ url: 'main-contact', &lt;!-- this used to be this.url. model: tableModel, initialize: function(models, options) { this.fetch(); } }); } define([ 'jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'models/tableModel' ], function($, _, Backbone, tableModel) { if (!mythings.tablesCollection){ // this will be done on first run. mythings.tablesCollection = initializer($, _, Backbone, tableModel); } // all others will just return same exact instance of collection class return mythings.tablesCollection; }); })(); </code></pre> <p>First, what does the semicolon at the beginning of the block mean? Second, I need to pass in a URL at runtime in my route, like this:</p> <pre><code>var t = new tablesCollection(null, { url: 'main-contact'} ); </code></pre> <p>This is what I've been doing up until now, when I'm trying to recreate this project as AMD. How can I pass in the URL at runtime, like this into the block of self-invoking code?</p> <p>EDIT:</p> <pre><code>define([ 'jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'models/tableModel', 'collections/tablesCollection', 'views/tablesView' ], function($, _, Backbone, tableModel, tablesCollection, tablesView) { require(['collections/tablesCollection'], function(tablesCollection) { var t = new tablesCollection(null, {url: 'main-contact'}); var tables = new tablesView({ collection: t, template: 'main-contact-template'}); $('#web-leads').html(tables.render().el); }); </code></pre> <p>});</p>
 

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