Creating a view in YUI 3.5.0PR4

create_view_yui_3_5_0_pr4.js

    YUI().use('app', 'view', function(Y) {

        // Configure all views 
        
        /* This one won't work - because Y.HomeView is an instance already
        Y.HomeView = new Y.View();
        Y.HomeView.render = function() {
          Y.log('inside HomeView');
          return this;          
        };*/

        // This one will work - because Y.HomeView is an class object and thus 'new Y.HomeView()' will work
        Y.HomeView = Y.Base.create('homeView', Y.View, [], {
          render: function() {
            Y.log('inside HomeView');
            return this;
          }
        });

        var app = new Y.App({
          transitions: true,
          views: {
            home: { type: 'HomeView' } 
          }
        });
        app.route('/', function() {
          this.showView('home');
        });

        app.render().dispatch();
      });