JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/backbone-min.js"></script>
<div id="some-id"></div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    // Init when DOM is Ready
    App.init();
});

var App = {
    init: function() {
       new App.MyView();

    }
}

App.MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: '#some-id',
    initialize: function() {
        App.MyController.doSomething(this);
    }
});

App.MyController = {
    doSomething: function( myView ) {
        console.log( myView );
        alert('MyView.el: ' + myView.el);
    }
}