application.js

Backbone.Layout.extend({ 
  manage: true,
	prefix: "/scripts/modules/templates/",
	fetchTemplate: function(path) {
		var done = this.async();
		$.get(path + '.html', function(contents) {
			done(contents);
		});
	},

	renderTemplate: function(template, context) {
		return Handlebars.compile(template)(context);
	}

});

this.k12 = {

	module: function() {
		var modules = {};
		return function(name) {
			if(modules[name]) {
				return modules[name];
			}
			return modules[name] = { Views: {} }
		};
	}(),
	
	app: _.extend({}, Backbone.Events)

};

jQuery(function($) {
	
	var app = k12.app;
	var Notification = k12.module("notification");

	var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
			
			routes: {
				"": "index"
			},

			fetchNotifications: function() {
				var _cache;

				return function(done) {
					if(_cache) {
						return done(_cache);
					}

					var notifications = new Notification.Collection();
				
					notifications.fetch().success(function(){
						_cache = notifications;
						done(_cache);
					});
				};
			}(),

			index: function() {

				var main = new Backbone.Layout({
					name: "main"
				});

				this.fetchNotifications(function(notifications) {
					var notifications_list = main.views[".notifications_list"] = new Notification.Views.List({ collection: notifications });
					main.render().done(function(contents) {
						$(".container").html(contents);
					});
				});

			}

	});

	app.rounter = new Router();
  Backbone.history.start();
});

notification.js

(function(Notification) {

  var app = k12.app;

  Notification.Collection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
		url: '/api/notifications'
	});

  Notification.Views.List = Backbone.View.extend({
  	
  	template: 'notification',
  	serialize: function() {
  		return { notifications: this.collection.toJSON() };
  	}

  });

  Notification.Views.Detail = Backbone.View.extend({
  	
  	template: 'notification_detail',
  	serialize: function() {
  		return { notification: this.model.toJSON() };
  	}

  });

})(k12.module("notification"));