a basic coffeescript "View" class meant

View.coffee

class View
  constructor: (container, @opts={}) ->
    @default_opts()
    @container = $ container

    @setup()

  default_opts: ->
    @opts = _.extend(
      {

      }
      @opts
    )

  template_id: ->
    ""

  setup: ->
    @setup_events()
    @setup_template()

  setup_events: ->
    @container.on "click", (e) =>
      false

  setup_template: ->
    if @template_id().length
      @template = _.template $(@template_id()).html()

  view_data: ->
    {}

  render: ->
    return unless @template
    @container.empty()
    @container.html @template @view_data()