Backbone Template

Standard fiddle

HTML

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.4.1/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.9.2/backbone-min.js"></script>
<div id="search_container">a</div>
<script type="text/template" id="search_template">
	<h1>Sample title</h1>
  <h2>Sample subtitle</h2>
  <label>Search</label>
  <input type="text" id="search_input" />
  <input type="button" id="search_button" value="Search" />
  <h2>Another sample subtitle</h2>
  <p>Sample paragraph</p>
  <table>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <td>Tesla</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p>Another sample paragraph</p>
</script>

JavaScript

SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function(){
        this.render();
    },
    render: function(){
        // Compile the template using underscore
        var template = _.template( $("#search_template").html(), {} );
        // Load the compiled HTML into the Backbone "el"
        this.$el.html( template );
    },
    events: {
        "click input[type=button]": "doSearch"  
    },
    doSearch: function( event ){
        // Button clicked, you can access the element that was clicked with event.currentTarget
        alert( "Search for " + $("#search_input").val() );
    }
});
    
var search_view = new SearchView({ el: $("#search_container") });