Excerpts from a Marionette Application

app.js

rootview: null,
	initialize: function(){
		
		//build rootivew and render empty content
		this.rootview = new RootView().render();
		this._setupManagers();
		this.on("start", this._onStart);
	},
	
	_setupManagers: function(){
		
		new BaseManager({rootview: this.rootview});
		new LayoutManager();
	},
	
	_onStart: function(){
		
		if(Backbone.history){
			console.log("backbone history starting");
			Backbone.history.start({pushState:true});
			$(document).on('click', 'a[href]:not([data-bypass])', function (evt) {
				
				evt.preventDefault();
  				var href = $(this).attr('href');
  				console.log("backbone history doing something"+ href);
  				Backbone.history.navigate(href, { trigger: true });
  				
			});
		}
		
	}
});

The Application Mediator. The role is to instantiate core subsystems of the application.