JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.7.0/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js"></script>
<body>
    <div class="msg-con"></div> 
    <script type="text/template" id="dumb">
        I am <%=amount%>% dumb
    </script>
</body>

CSS

body{background:pink;}

JavaScript

DumbViewObj = Backbone.View.extend({
        el: $('.msg-con'),
        initialize:function(){
            this.render();
        },
        render: function(){
            var template = _.template($('#dumb').html());
            var vars = {amount:200};
            template(vars);
            this.$el.append(template);
        },

    });
    var dumb = new DumbViewObj();