Fixes #232

index.html

@@ -5418,25 +5418,24 @@ <h3 id="boilerplate-rendering-code"><a href="#TOC">Boilerplate Rendering Code</a
   &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
     &lt;label&gt;First Name:&lt;/label&gt;
     &lt;span&gt;&lt;%= firstName %&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-  &lt;div&gt;
+  &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
     &lt;label&gt;Last Name:&lt;/label&gt;
     &lt;span&gt;&lt;%= lastName %&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-  &lt;div&gt;
+  &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
     &lt;label&gt;Email:&lt;/label&gt;
     &lt;span&gt;&lt;%= email %&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-  &lt;div&gt;
+  &lt;/div&gt;
 &lt;/script&gt;
 &lt;/pre&gt;</code></pre>
 <pre class="sourceCode javascript"><code class="sourceCode javascript"><span class="kw">var</span> MyView = <span class="kw">Backbone.View</span>.<span class="fu">extend</span>({
-  <span class="dt">template</span>: <span class="ch">&#39;#my-view-template&#39;</span>,
+  <span class="dt">template</span>: $(<span class="ch">&#39;#my-view-template&#39;</span>).<span class="fu">html</span>(),
 
   <span class="dt">render</span>: <span class="kw">function</span>(){
 
     <span class="co">// compile the Underscore.js template</span>
-    <span class="kw">var</span> template = $(<span class="ch">&#39;#my-view-template&#39;</span>);
-    <span class="kw">var</span> compiledTemplate = <span class="kw">_</span>.<span class="fu">template</span>(template);
+    <span class="kw">var</span> compiledTemplate = <span class="kw">_</span>.<span class="fu">template</span>(<span class="kw">this</span>.<span class="fu">template</span>);
 
     <span class="co">// render the template with the model data</span>
     <span class="kw">var</span> data = <span class="kw">this</span>.<span class="fu">model</span>.<span class="fu">toJSON</span>();

index.md

@@ -6683,13 +6683,12 @@ Consider the code that it typically requires to render a view with Backbone and
 
 ```javascript
 var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
-  template: '#my-view-template',
+  template: $('#my-view-template').html(),
 
   render: function(){
 
     // compile the Underscore.js template
-    var template = $('#my-view-template');
-    var compiledTemplate = _.template(template);
+    var compiledTemplate = _.template(this.template);
 
     // render the template with the model data
     var data = this.model.toJSON();