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Backbone.off can unbind callbacks from all instances of a class instead of just the instance you want

If you set up some bindings such as

viewClass = Backbone.View.extend({...})
view1 = new viewClass();
view2 = new viewClass();
model.bind("event", view1.myFunction, view1)
model.bind("event", view2.myFunction, view2)

and then want to unbind one of the callbacks…

model.off("event", view1.myFunction)

you will unbind both callbacks. You need to use

model.off("event", view1.myFunction, view1)

This is fundamentally because of javascript prototypes that mean view1.myFunction == view2.myFunction

Interestings

Regex for Unicode

Ruby 1.9 regexs can match Unicode Categories . Not filtering out Joëlle in your validations has never been so easy (/p{L}/)!

Events

12/14: Railsbridge at Pivotal next weekend

Railsbridge is a monthly-ish workshop to teach programming, primarily focused at women.

December’s Railsbridge event will be at Pivotal SF on December 14-15.

All you pivots in the office know tons about Ruby and Rails. Please come to the workshop to spread your knowledge and be awesome!