Thoughtbot wrote a lib that they bundled up as a gem that does this for you called Backbone Support. It's an easy way to get started, but you'll likely want to

Thoughtbot wrote a lib that they bundled up as a gem that does this for you called Backbone Support. It's an easy way to get started, but you'll likely want to tweak it later :) https://github.com/thoughtbot/backbone-support https://github.com/thoughtbot/backbone-support