set of underscore.js mixins, including, most importantly, a function to parse the link header for paging (a la the Github API). ParseLinkHeader is the javascript version of Github's PageLinks Java method => http://bit.ly/L71lRb

mixins.js

_.mixin({

	capitalize: function(string) {
		return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.substring(1).toLowerCase();
	},

	startsWith: function(string, start) {
		return string.slice(0, start.length) == start;
	},

	endsWith: function(string, end) {
		return string.slice(-end.length) == end;
	},

	parseLinkHeader: function(string) {
		paging = {};
		if (string !== null) {
			var links = string.split(',');

			for (var i = 0, len = links.length; i < len; i++) {

				var segments = links[i].split(';');
				if (segments.length < 2)
					continue;

				var linkPart = segments[0].trim();
				if (!this.startsWith(linkPart, "<") || !this.endsWith(linkPart, ">"))
					continue;

				linkPart = linkPart.substring(1, linkPart.length - 1);

				for (var j = 0, seg_len = segments.length; j < seg_len; j++) {
					var rel = segments[j].trim().split("=");
					if (rel.length < 2)
						continue;

					var relValue = rel[1];

					if (this.startsWith(relValue, "\"") && this.endsWith(relValue, "\""))
						relValue = relValue.substring(1, relValue.length - 1);

					if (relValue == 'first')
						paging.first = linkPart;
					else if (relValue == 'last')
						paging.last = linkPart;
					else if (relValue == 'next')
						paging.next = linkPart;
					else if (relValue == 'prev')
						paging.prev = linkPart;
				}
			}
		}

		return paging;
	} 
});