SAPUI5 Strange data binding behaviour - sapui5

Question

It's pretty silly problem but I have no idea why is it happening. I heve this in my controller:
this.getView().setModel(this.placesModel, "myCity");
then I set the data with Ajax request to my express RESTFull app and in View.xml
<List items="{path: 'myCity>/people'}">
<CustomListItem>
<VBox>
<Title text="Person:"/>
<Label text="{myCity>/people/name}"/>
<Label text="{myCity>/people/age}"/>
</VBox>
</CustomListItem>
</List>
I have object myCity with few properties. One of them is object people which is array of objects. When I try to list them like that I can see that all my people get listed but without corresponding name and age. Also I find it hard to understend when to use > when / when when >/.

Answer 1

Basic binding syntax with model name is {(model_name)>(path_to_property)}, if you don't have a model name (default model) you need to specify only {path_to_property}.
The initial slash (/) is needed if you don't have a contextbinding. In your case you have contextbinding set on List, so you don't need to use the slash.
Updated code:
<List items="{path: 'myCity>/people'}">
<CustomListItem>
<VBox>
<Title text="Person:"/>
<Label text="{myCity>name}"/>
<Label text="{myCity>age}"/>
</VBox>
</CustomListItem>
</List>
For more information refer to Binding Path.