The basic object I use to inherit most of my views in vempraruavem.org from.

defaultView.js

var DefaultView = Backbone.View.extend({
	btn: $("<div>"),
	constructor: function () {
		var self = this;
		this.btn.click(function () { self.toggle(); });
		Backbone.View.apply(this, arguments);
		this.$el.on('click', '[data-action=exit]', function () { self.hide(); })
	},
	show: function () {
		this.$el.fadeIn();
		this.btn.addClass('active');
		var self = this;
	},
	hide: function () {
		this.$el.fadeOut();
		this.btn.removeClass('active');			
	},
	toggle: function () {
		this.$el.fadeToggle();
		this.btn.toggleClass('active');
	}
});