var Template = { template: function(templateString, data) { var data = data || {} return _.template(templateString, data, {interpolate: /\{\{(.+?)\}\}/g}) }, renderComment: function(event_id) { var event = $('#event_'+event_id+'_actions') var rendered = this.template($('#comment-template').html(), {event_id: event_id}) event.find('a#reply').css('display', 'none') event.append(rendered) } }