Thanks for replying and for your work on CoffeeScript and Backbone. I might give this a try as I love Backbone's Model layer. I think I like the second approach

Thanks for replying and for your work on CoffeeScript and Backbone. I might give this a try as I love Backbone's Model layer. I think I like the second approach you suggested better. That might almost turn the Backbone.Views into ViewModels, right? I'm still up in the air on how I feel about the whole JSX thing but I'm willing to give it a try.