Backbone.Js - what's the difference between el and $el?
So I've been stuck for the whole afternoon on [this problem][1] which I eventually solved.  It turned out I was assigning el instead of $el.

What's the difference between the two and when should I use each of them?

  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10638802/backbone-js-and-jqueryui-dialog-events-not-binding/10640233#10640233
Backbone.Js - what's the difference between el and $el?
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So I've been stuck for the whole afternoon on [this problem][1] which I eventually solved.  It turned out I was assigning el instead of $el.

What's the difference between the two and when should I use each of them?

  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10638802/backbone-js-and-jqueryui-dialog-events-not-binding/10640233#10640233