It's also how Backbone has always worked.. Canonical Backbone has you `this.model.bind('change', this.render)` where `this.render` is a pure function (typically

It's also how Backbone has always worked.. Canonical Backbone has you `this.model.bind('change', this.render)` where `this.render` is a pure function (typically just passing `this.model` to a Handlebars template).