traditional-backbone-view-model.js

import Backbone from 'backbone';
import _ from 'lodash';

const html = `<div class="book"><%= title %> :: <%= pages %></div>`;

const Book = Backbone.Model.extend({
    defaults: {
        title: null,
        pages: 0,
    },
});

const View = Backbone.View.extend({
    id: 'dogs',
    
    template: _.template(html),
    
    render() {
        this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
    }
});

new View({ model: new Book() });