var HootBox = FormView.extend({ el: "#hootbox", events: { }, initialize: function(){ this.__super__.initialize.call(this) this.template = this.$(".template").html() this.$hoots = this.$("#hoots") }, load: function(comments){ comments.forEach(this.appendComment.bind(this)) }, parse: function(comment){ var t = this.template.replace(/{{username}}/g, comment.username) .replace(/{{comment}}/g, tidy_urls(comment.comment, true)) return t }, prependComment: function(comment){ var $el = $( this.parse(comment) ) this.$hoots.prepend($el) }, appendComment: function(comment){ var $el = $( this.parse(comment) ) this.$hoots.append($el) }, success: function(){ this.prependComment(comment) } })