<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Hello World in Backbone.js</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- ========= -->
<!-- Your HTML -->
<!-- ========= -->
<div id="container">Loading...</div>
<!-- ========= -->
<!-- Libraries -->
<!-- ========= -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.3.3/underscore-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.9.2/backbone-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone-localstorage.js/1.0/backbone.localStorage-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!-- =============== -->
<!-- Javascript code -->
<!-- =============== -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var AppView = Backbone.View.extend({
// el - stands for element. Every view has a element associate in with HTML content will be rendered.
el: '#container',
// It's the first function called when this view it's instantiated.
initialize: function(){
this.render();
},
// $el - it's a cached jQuery object (el), in which you can use jQuery functions to push content. Like the Hello World in this case.
render: function(){
this.$el.html("Hello World");
}
});
var appView = new AppView();
</script>
</body>
</html>