Using Eloquent with Javascript

somecontroller.php

    function get_card($card_id)
    {
        $card = Card::find($card_id);
        $data = array(
            'json_card' => json_encode($card),
        );

        $this->layout->nest( 'content', 'card.form_editor', $data );
    }

view.blade.php

<script>
        $(function() {
            var card = {{ $json_card }}.attributes
            l(card.id)
            l(card)
        })
</script>