gistfile1.js

        Ticket = Backbone.Model.extend({
          urlRoot: 'api/Ticket/'
        });


        TicketView = Backbone.View.extend({
          initialize: function(model) {
            this.model = model;
            this.listenTo(this.model, 'change', this.render.bind(this));
            this.render()
          },

          template: _.template($('#ticket-template').html()),

          render: function() {
            this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
            return this;
          }
        });


        //- ticket list -----------------------------------------------------


        TicketList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
          model: Ticket,

          urlRoot: 'api/Ticket/',

          comparator: function(ticket) {
            return ticket.get('id');
          }
        });


        TicketListView = Backbone.View.extend({
          el: $('#app'),

          initialize: function() {
            var self = this;
            // can be useful to keep these around so you can remove event handlers and stuff on
            // child views when this view goes away
            var this.ticketViews = [];
            var ticketView;
            this.collection.fetch({
              success: function() {
                self.collection.models.forEach(function(item) {
                  // create a ticket view here?
                  ticketView = new TicketView(item);
                  self.ticketViews.push(ticketView);
                  self.$el.append(ticketView.$el);
                });
                self.render();
              }
            });
          },

          render: function() {
            // Your parent view doesn't really have any data of its own to render, so you don't
            // need anything here really.
          }
        });

        ticket_list = new TicketList;
        ticket_list_view = new TicketListView({ collection:ticket_list });

        var ticket_list_view_poller = Backbone.Poller.get(ticket_list_view.collection).start()