Best strategy to use HAML template with Backbone.js

Question

Im getting into Backbone.js to structure the javascript code for my project and I love HAML for templating on the backend(rails), so Id like to use it for Backbone Views templat

Answer 1

I know this would somewhat going around the question but here we go :)

I my rails app I use haml for all views on the backend. It is awesome. For some reasons (mainly i18n), I do not like to use templates on the client side. This is how I do it:

• create all your template in ruby haml and store them into script tag with a funky type (i use text/js-template). This will create prerendered html that you can play with with jquery and backbone.
• when you create your backbone views, load the stored template and append it to your document
• Render your view by altering the preexisting template

You deal only with html and jQuery is awesome for that. For some views that do not requires i18n, I use underscore templating because it's already there.

As for haml templating performance, it seems mustache and handlebars are faster.