JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://backbonejs.org/backbone-min.js"></script>
<span id='result1'></span>
<br/>
<span id='result2'></span>

JavaScript

var Article = Backbone.Model.extend({});

$(function() {

    var article = new Article({
        title: 'New Article'
    });
    $('#result1').html(article.get('title'));
    article.set('title', 'New Title');
    $('#result2').html(article.get('title'));

});