Anti-pattern: Control Flow via View Rendering

The issue:

* Certain views require data.

* Said data is returned asynchronously.

* In order to render them, a LayoutView is inserted to make the asynchronous request.

Needlessly creates views/cruft. Options from parent view need to be passed through the wrapper view.

Ideally would have a synchronous init/render method


Preface: Most of my views request their own data. The advantage of this is that deeply nested views do not have to be passed down data from their parent.

When interfacing with views that require data upfront (e.g. TabbedViews, Backbone Forms), a wrapper view needs to be introduced in order to request asynchronous data.


Two types of views:

Presenter views (require data) & LayoutViews (request data)

ChartView(patient)    vs    MyChart/MyPatientsChart


LayoutView that renders many children.... eg. PatientDetails, PatientSettings

change onShow to onBeforeShow