Neat wrapper for Backbone.js application bootstrapping. Very basic but works nicely!

backbone-bootstrap.js

/*
 * Wrap up the Backbone application in a simple interface
 */

// Using Jquery...
(function ($) {
    
    
    // Create application
    var MyApp = (function () {
        
        var pub = {};
        
        var MyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
            // ...
        });
        
        var AppView = Backbone.View.extend({
            // ...
        });
        
        pub.bootstrap = function (initialModels) {
        
            this.MyCollection = new MyCollection;
            // ...
            
            // Bootstrap models
            _.each(initialModels, function (collection) {
                this[collection.name].reset(collection.models);
            }, this);
            
            // Start
            this.AppView = new AppView;
        };
        
        
        return pub;
        
        
    }());
    
    
    // Expose
    window.MyApp = MyApp;
    
    
}(jQuery));

example-template.phtml

/*
 * And then to bootstrap, just include the following on your page
 */

// If you're using PHP as your templating language
<script>
     
    // Setup on ready...
    jQuery(function () {
        
        MyApp.bootstrap([
            {
                name: 'MyCollection',
                models: <?php echo $myCollectionInitialModels; ?>
            }
        ]);
    });
    
</script>