Backbone View Manager

view_manager.coffee

class ViewManager
  containerId: "#mainContent"
  constructor: ->
    @container = $(@containerId)
    @currentView = null
    @modalView = null

    Backbone.View::close = ->
      @remove()
      @unbind()
      @onClose() if @onClose

  show: (view) ->
    @destroyModal if @modalView      

    @currentView.close() if @currentView
    @currentView = view
    @container.html @currentView.render().el
    @container.fadeIn "fast"

  destroyModal: ->
    # modal destroy code
    @modalView.close()

  showModal: (view, opts) ->
    @modalView.close() if @modalView
    @modalView = view

    # modal initialization code
    @modalView