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// Adds an `append` option to the Backbone Router
Backbone.Router.prototype.navigate = (function(origNavigate) {
    return function(fragment, options) {
        if (options && options.append) {
            fragment = Backbone.history.fragment + fragment;
            delete options.append;
        }
        return origNavigate.call(this, fragment, options);
    };
})(Backbone.Router.prototype.navigate);

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// I wrote this when Backbone was like v0.2 - now there are many many tools like Marionette,
// and even things native to Backbone (like `stopListening`) that invalidate a lot of this
var SubView = Backbone.View.extend({
    // tagName: must be implemented
    // className: must be implemented
    // template: must be implemented

    initialize: function() {
        this.model.on("change", this.render, this);
        this.model.on("close", this.close, this);

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(function(root, factory) {
    if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd) {
        define(["underscore", "backbone", "backboneBabySitter"], function(_, Backbone, ChildViewContainer) {
            return factory(_, Backbone, ChildViewContainer);
        });
    }
    else if (typeof exports !== "undefined") {
        var _ = require("underscore");
        var Backbone = require("backbone");
        var ChildViewContainer = require("backboneBabySitter");

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// Sample demo of how to gain access to "private" variables in JavaScript,
// even if they'd normally be inaccessible due to the closure.
var Table = function () {
    var _array = ["super", "secret", "message"];
    return {
        get:    function (i)   { return _array[i]; },
        store:  function (i,v) { _array[i] = v;    },
        append: function (v)   { _array.push(v);   }  
    };
};