I\'m looking at the Angry Cats Backbone/Marionette tutorial posts here
http://davidsulc.com/blog/2012/04/15/a-simple-backbone-marionette-tutorial/
http://dav
Wouldn't it be cleaner to use vanilla JS instead of jQuery to accomplish this?
var Layout = Backbone.Marionette.LayoutView.extend({ ... onRender: function () { this.setElement(this.el.innerHTML); } ... });