Rails with backbone-rails: asset helpers (image_path) in EJS files

Question

I have a Rails 3.1 app that uses the codebrew/backbone-rails. In a .jst.ejs template, I would like to include an image, like so:

Answer 1

For those willing to try HAML instead of EJS: Using haml-coffee through haml_coffee_assets has worked well for me as well.

You can have the following in a .hamlc.erb file:

%img(src="<%= image_path('foo.png') %>")

(It still doesn't give you routing helpers though, only asset helpers.)