var Template = { template: function(templateString, data) { var data = data || {} return _.template(templateString, data, { interpolate: /\{\{-(.+?)\}\}/g, escape: /\{\{(.+?)\}\}/g }) }, renderComment: function(eventId) { var event = $('#event_'+eventId+'_actions') var eventForms = event.find('form') if(eventForms.length > 0) { eventForms[0].remove() return false } var rendered = this.template($('#comment-template').html(), {eventId: eventId}) event.append(rendered) } }