information_view.coffee

window.ContactUs ||= 
  Views: {
    SerializableView: Backbone.View  
  }

class ContactUs.Views.InformationView extends ContactUs.Views.SerializableView
  template: "performance/information-accordion"
  initialize: -> 
    @model.bind "change:info", => @render()
  serialize: -> 
    info: @model.toJSON().info
 

information_view_spec.coffee

describe "ContactUs.Views.InformationView", ->
  Given -> @model = new Backbone.Model
  Given -> @subject = new ContactUs.Views.InformationView model: @model
  
  Then -> @subject.template == "performance/information-accordion"
  
  describe "model binding", ->
    Given -> spyOn(@subject, 'render')
    When -> @model.set info: "FOO!"
    Then -> expect(@subject.render).toHaveBeenCalled()
    
  describe "#serialize", ->
    Given -> @model.set info: "FOO!"
    When -> @result = @subject.serialize()
    Then -> expect(@result).toEqual
      info: "FOO!"