Mixing Require.js, Jasmine, Sinon.js and Backbone.

DefineSpecsAsModules.coffee

## ItemView.coffee in the specs/coffee folder ##

define ["ItemView"], (ItemView) ->
  ###
  Specs for ItemView
  ###
  describe "Item View", ->

    ###
    Common setup and teardown
    ###
    beforeEach ->
      # Make a new arbitraty Backbone.Model
      @model = new Backbone.Model
        id: 1
        title: "Sample Todo"
        priority: 2
        done: false

      # And make a view for it.
      @view = new ItemView model: @model

    ###
    Rendering tests
    ###
    describe "Rendering", ->

      ###
      Common setup and teardown
      ###
      beforeEach ->
        @view.render()
        @el = $ @view.el

      it "returns the view object", ->
        # Check that the render method returns the view
        expect( @view.render() ).toEqual @view

GlobalizeClasses.coffee

require ["model","collection","view","router","etc"], (main,collection,view,router,etc) ->
  # Globalize the classes
  window.main       = main
  window.collection = collection
  window.view       = view
  window.router     = router
  window.etc        = etc
  # And then run the specs
  # ...
  jasmineEnv.execute()
  # ...

LoadSpecModulesInRunerModule.js

## SpecRunner.js in the specs/js folder ##
define( [
"specs/Item",
"specs/List",
"specs/ItemView",
"specs/ListView",
"specs/Routes",
"specs/MainRouter",
  ], function(){

      return SpecRunner = function() {

        var jasmineEnv = jasmine.getEnv();
        jasmineEnv.updateInterval = 1000;

        var trivialReporter = new jasmine.TrivialReporter();

        jasmineEnv.addReporter(trivialReporter);

        jasmineEnv.specFilter = function(spec) {
          return trivialReporter.specFilter(spec);
        };

        return jasmineEnv.execute();
      }
      
    }
);

LoadSpecRunner.js

// SpecRunner.html //
// ...
  $(document).ready( function() {

      window.App = {}

      // Regular Require.js configuration here.
      require.config({
        baseUrl: '../build/js', // Leave the baseUrl as in your release build
        
        paths: {
          text: 'libs/require/text', 
          specs: '../../specs/js' // Adding this helps a lot...
        }
      });

      require([
        'specs/SpecRunner', // ...as shown here.
        ],           
        function(SpecRunner) {
          SpecRunner();
        }
      );

  });
// ...

RequireInIt.coffee

describe "something", ->
  it "something else", ->
    require ["dep1","dep2","..."], (dep1,dep2,...)->
      #expectation