JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.4.4/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.0.0/backbone-min.js"></script>
<ul id="myList"></ul>
<script type="text/html" id='listItems'>
    <% _.each(items, function(item, index) { %> 
        <li> <%=item %> </li>
    <% }) %>
</script>

JavaScript

var ListView = Backbone.View.extend({
    render: function (data) {
        $(this.el).html(_.template(this.template, {
            items: data
        }));
    }
});


var listView = new ListView();
listView.template = $("#listItems").html();
listView.setElement("#myList");
listView.render(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);