Yet Another Backbone Application

yabb.js

(function (window) {

    var app = {
        defaults: {
            layout: "#layout"
        },
        init: function (opts) {
            
            var options = _.extend({}, this.defaults, opts);
            var template = $(options.layout).text();
            this.$layout = $(template).appendTo('body');
                        
            for (key in this.data) {
                this.data[key] = new this[key].Collection(this.data[key]);
            }
            
            for (key in this) {
                if (this[key].Router) { 
                    new (this[key].Router); 
                }
            }
            
            Backbone.history.start();
        },
        bootstrap: function (key, val) {
            this.data = this.data || {};
            this.data[key] = val;
        },
        show: function (selector, view) {
            this.$layout.find(selector).empty().append(view.el);
        },
        navigate: function (path) {
            this.trigger('app:navigate', path);
            Backbone.history.navigate(path, { trigger: true });
        }
    };
    
    _.extend(app, Backbone.Events);
    
    window.Application = app;
})(this);