Backbone view for a tweet

tweetView.js

module.declare(
[
    { backbone: 'vendor/backbone' }
    , { twig: "vendor/twig" }
    , { tweet: "js/model/tweet" }
]
, function (require, exports, module) {
    var Backbone = require("backbone")
        , twig = require("twig").twig

        // Load the template for a "Tweet"
        // This template only needs to be loaded once. It will be
        // compiled at load time and can be rendered separately
        // for each Tweet.
        , template = twig({
            href: 'templates/tweet.twig'
            , async: false
        })

        , TweetView = Backbone.View.extend({
            tagName: "li"
            , className: "tweet"

            , events: {
                "click .star": "star"
            }

            // Create the Tweet view
            , initialize: function() {
                // Re-render the tweet if the model changes
                this.model.bind('change', this.render, this);

                // Remove the Tweet if the model is removed.
                this.model.bind('destroy', this.remove, this);
            }
            // Render the tweet Twig template with the contents
            // of the model
            , render: function() {
                // Pass in an object representing the Tweet to serve
                // as the render context for the template and inject it
                // into the View.
                $(this.el).html( template.render(this.model.toJSON()) );
                return this;
            }
            // Remove the tweet view from it's container (a FeedView)
            , remove: function() {
                $(this.el).remove();
            }
            // Star a tweet
            , star: function() {
                this.model.set({
                    star: !this.model.get("star")
                });
                this.model.save();
                // We don't have to re-render the view here, the "change"
                // event on the model will trigger the render.
            }
        });

    exports.TweetView = TweetView;
});