A simple reference example for rendering a collection in a list view using Backbone.js

collectionView.js

(function() {

	// Model
	var User = Backbone.Model.extend({
		defaults: {
			name: '',
			email: '',
			password: ''
		},

		url: '/users',

		idAttribute: '_id'
	});

	// Collection
	var Users = Backbone.Collection.extend({
		model: User,

		url: '/users'
	});

	// Template
	var list = "<% _.each(collection, function(user) { %><li><%= user.name %></li><% }); %>";

	// View
	var UserList = Backbone.View.extend({
		el: '#users',

		initialize: function() {
			this.template = _.template( list );

			this.collection.bind("reset", this.render, this);
		},

		render: function() {
			$(this.el).html( this.template({ collection: this.collection.toJSON() }) );
			return this;
		}
	});

        // Usage
	var users = new Users;

	users.fetch({
		success: function(users) {
			console.log(JSON.stringify(users.models));
		},
		error: function(err) {
			console.log(err);
		}
	});

	var userList = new UserList({ collection: users });

	users.reset();

})();