backbone form helpers

backbone.formHelpers.js.coffee

_.extend Backbone.View.prototype, 
  parse: (objName) ->
    _recurse_form = (object, objName) =>
      _.each object, (v,k) ->
        if v instanceof Object
          object[k] = _recurse_form v, "#{objName}[#{k}_attributes]"
        else
          object[k] = @$("[name=#{objName}[#{k}]]").val()
      return object

    @model.attributes = _recurse_form @model.attributes, objName

  populate: (objName) ->
    _recurse_obj = (object, objName) =>
      _.each object, (v,k) ->
        if v instanceof Object
          _recurse_obj v, objName + "#{objName}[#{k}_attributes]"
        else if _.isString(v)
          @$("[name=#{objName}[#{k}]]").val(v)

    _recurse_obj @model.attributes, objName