I've been using hogan.js to compile mustache templates to JavaScript functions on the server-side and write them to a js file that is then served to the browser

I've been using hogan.js to compile mustache templates to JavaScript functions on the server-side and write them to a js file that is then served to the browser: Templates={} Templates['templatename']=function(){/*compiled template*/} They can then be referenced quite easily in your backbone render methods.