Backbone Template

Standard fiddle

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.1.4/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.3.3/backbone-min.js"></script>
<div>
     <h1>Parent Child example</h1>

    <div id="container">a</div>
</div>
<script type="text/template" id="parent_template">
    <div> <h1> Parent Heading </h1>
     <div id="child"></div> </div>
</script>
<script id="child_template" type="text/html">
    <div> <h1> Child Heading </h1>
     <div >Child Content</div> </div>
</script>

JavaScript

ParentView = Backbone.View.extend({
        initialize: function () {
            this.render();
            var child_view = new ChildView({
                el: $("#child")
            });
        },
        render: function () {
            var template = _.template($("#parent_template").html(), {});
            this.el.html(template);
        }
    });

    ChildView = Backbone.View.extend({
        initialize: function () {
            this.render();
        },
        render: function () {
            var template = _.template($("#child_template").html(), {});
            this.el.html(template);
        }
    })

    var parent_view = new ParentView({
        el: $("#container")
    });