cars_controller.js.coffee

class MyApp.CarsController extends Batman.ApplicationController

  # Appears to work the same way MyApp.CarsIndexView#viewDidAppear 
  @afterAction only: "index", ->
    $('table').dataTable()

  index: (params) ->
    @set('cars', MyApp.Car.get('all'))

index.html.haml

%h1= t('cars.list')
%table#cars.listing.datatable
  %thead
    %tr
      %th= Car.human_attribute_name("name")
      %th= Car.human_attribute_name("model")
      %th
  %tbody
    %tr{ "data-foreach-car" => "cars" }
      %td
        %a{ "data-bind" => "car.name", "data-route" => "car" }
      %td{ "data-bind" => "car.name" }
      %td{ "data-bind" => "car.model" }
      %td
        %a{"data-event-click" => "destroy"}
          = t('Destroy')