function setup() {

      // do not setup if the container has no width
      if (!container.offsetWidth) {
        return;
      }

      // cache slides
      slides = element.children;
      length = slides.length;

      // set continuous to false if only one slide
      if (slides.length < 2) options.continuous = false;

      //special case if two slides
      if (browser.transitions && options.continuous && slides.length < 3) {
        element.appendChild(slides[0].cloneNode(true));
        element.appendChild(element.children[1].cloneNode(true));
        slides = element.children;
      }

      // create an array to store current positions of each slide
      slidePos = new Array(slides.length);

      // determine width of each slide
      width = container.offsetWidth || container.getBoundingClientRect().width;

      element.style.width = (slides.length * width) + 'px';

      // stack elements
      var pos = slides.length;
      while(pos--) {

        var slide = slides[pos];

        slide.style.width = width + 'px';
        slide.setAttribute('data-index', pos);

        if (browser.transitions) {
          slide.style.left = (pos * -width) + 'px';
          move(pos, index > pos ? -width : (index < pos ? width : 0), 0);
        }

      }

      // reposition elements before and after index
      if (options.continuous && browser.transitions) {
        move(circle(index - 1), -width, 0);
        move(circle(index + 1), width, 0);
      }

      if (!browser.transitions) element.style.left = (index * -width) + 'px';

      container.style.visibility = 'visible';

      options.slidesChanged && options.slidesChanged();
    }
The side menu view handles one of the side menu's in a Side Menu Controller
configuration.
It takes a DOM reference to that side menu element.