example-with-view.js

var bind = require('lodash.bind')
var Base = require('ribcage-view')

window.foo = 'baz'

var SubThing = Base.extend({
  action: function () {
    this.options.action()
  }
})

var Thing = Base.extend({
  myAction: function () {
    console.log(this.foo)
  }
, afterInit: function () {
    this.foo = 'bar'
  }
, afterRender: function () {
    this.subThing = new SubThing({
      action: myAction // logs 'baz'
      action: bind(myAction, this) // logs 'bar'
    })
  }
})

var myThing = new Thing()
myThing.render()

js-bind-example.js

var bind = require('lodash.bind')

var myCallback = function () {
  console.log(this.foo)
}

window.foo = 'baz'

var Thing = function () {
  this.foo = 'bar'
}

var myThing = new Thing()
var bound = bind(myCallback, myThing)

bound() // logs 'bar'

myCallback() // logs 'baz'