BackboneJS - View $el

BackboneJS - View $el

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>View Example</title>
<script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
 <div id="myapp"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var ViewDemo = Backbone.View.extend({
     el: '#myapp',
     initialize: function(){
       this.render();
     },
     render: function(){
       this.$el.html("Welcome to CodingDict!!!");
     }
    });
    var myview = new ViewDemo();
</script>
</body>
</html>