Rails + Backbone setup

0_setup_rails_backbone.sh

mkdir -p app/assets/javascripts/backbone/lib/ \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/models/ \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/routers/ \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/ \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/
touch app/assets/javascripts/backbone/lib/.keep \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/models/.keep \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/routers/.keep \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/.keep \
  app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/.keep
mkdir -p vendor/assets/javascripts

curl http://backbonejs.org/backbone.js > vendor/assets/javascripts/backbone.js
curl http://underscorejs.org/underscore.js > vendor/assets/javascripts/underscore.js 

touch app/assets/javascripts/backbone/[app_name].coffee

1_application.js

...
//= require underscore
//= require backbone
//= require backbone/[app_name]
...

[app_name].js.coffee

#= require_self
#= require_tree ./lib
#= require_tree ./models
#= require_tree ./routers
#= require_tree ./templates
#= require_tree ./views

window.[app_name] =
  Lib: {}
  Models: {}
  Collections: {}
  Routers: {}
  Views: {}

[model].js.coffee

class [app_name].Models.[model] extends Backbone.Model
  defaults: {}

class [app_name].Collections.[model] extends Backbone.Collection
  model: [app_name].Models.[model]
  url: '/path/to/model/json/api'

[router].js.coffee

class [app_name].Routers.[router] extends Backbone.Router
  initialize: (options) ->
    
  routes:
    "/path": "function"

[view].js.coffee

class [app_name].Views.[view] extends Backbone.View
  template: JST["template"]
  
  events: {}
    # "click .destroy" : "destroy"

  initialize: (options) ->
    @options ||= options

  render: ->

/cc @ddgromit