The same application in Backbone.js

app-backbone.js

$(function() {

  window.ThreadController = Backbone.Controller.extend({
    initialize: function() {
      this.threadListModel = new ThreadListModel;
      this.threadListView = new ThreadListView;
      Backbone.history.start();
    },
    routes: {
      "/" : "listThreads"
    },
    listThreads: function(query) {
      this.threadListModel.fetch();
    },
  });

  window.ThreadListView = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: $("#main"),
    initialize: function(threads) {
      _bindAll(this, 'render');
    },
    render: function() {
      $(this.el).html(ich.threadTemplate(this.model.toJSON()));
    }
  });

  window.ThreadListModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
    url : 'thread';
  });
});

on line number 20 it should be "_.bindAll(this, 'render');