$(document).ready(function() { module("Backbone View"); var View = Backbone.View.extend({ className : "view", render : function(){ $('body').append(this.el); } }); var view = new View(); view.render(); test("view: setMode", function(){ view.setMode("active", "test"); ok(view.el.hasClass("active_test"), "View should set modes"); }); });