Backbone + Underscore + Request setups

test1.js

/**
 * Faulty test setup.
 *
 * Underscore recognizes the `foo_string` as an Object and
 * the Backbone Model refuses to set the model value in the
 * last case.
 */

var _ = require('underscore');
var Backbone = require('backbone');
var request = require('request');

// Base values
var foo_string = 'bar';
var foo_object = { bar: "baz" };
var foo_model = new Backbone.Model();

// String tests
console.log('// String test');
console.log('String is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_string));
console.log('String is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_string));

console.log();

// Object tests
console.log('// Object test');
console.log('Object is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_object));
console.log('Object is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_object));

console.log();

// Model tests
console.log('// Model test');
foo_model.set({ 'foo': 'bar' });
console.log('Model value for foo set to: ' + foo_model.get('foo'));
foo_model.set('bar', 'baz');
console.log('Model value for bar set to: ' + foo_model.get('bar'));

test2.js

/**
 * Passing test setup.
 *
 * Everything checks out in this setup, without 
 * the request module loaded.
 */
var _ = require('underscore');
var Backbone = require('backbone');

// Base values
var foo_string = 'bar';
var foo_object = { bar: "baz" };
var foo_model = new Backbone.Model();

// String tests
console.log('// String test');
console.log('String is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_string));
console.log('String is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_string));

console.log();

// Object tests
console.log('// Object test');
console.log('Object is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_object));
console.log('Object is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_object));

console.log();

// Model tests
console.log('// Model test');
foo_model.set({ 'foo': 'bar' });
console.log('Model value for foo set to: ' + foo_model.get('foo'));
foo_model.set('bar', 'baz');
console.log('Model value for bar set to: ' + foo_model.get('bar'));

test3.js

/**
 * Passing test setup.
 *
 * Everything checks out in this setup. The only
 * thing that changed is the location of the require
 * statement for the request module.
 */

var _ = require('underscore');
var Backbone = require('backbone');

// Base values
var foo_string = 'bar';
var foo_object = { bar: "baz" };
var foo_model = new Backbone.Model();

// !! Request require moved passed Model creation.
var request = require('request');

// String tests
console.log('// String test');
console.log('String is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_string));
console.log('String is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_string));

console.log();

// Object tests
console.log('// Object test');
console.log('Object is an Object: ' + _.isObject(foo_object));
console.log('Object is a String:  ' + _.isString(foo_object));

console.log();

// Model tests
console.log('// Model test');
foo_model.set({ 'foo': 'bar' });
console.log('Model value for foo set to: ' + foo_model.get('foo'));
foo_model.set('bar', 'baz');
console.log('Model value for bar set to: ' + foo_model.get('bar'));