Revert back to non-amd underscore and use require.js shim

index.html

@@ -31,16 +31,27 @@ <h1>Chaplin Example Application</h1>
 
 <script src="js/vendor/require-2.0.1.js"></script>
 <script>
-require.config({
+requirejs.config({
     baseUrl: '/js/',
     paths: {
       jquery: 'vendor/jquery-1.7.2',
-      underscore: 'vendor/underscore-1.3.3',
-      backbone: 'vendor/backbone-0.9.2',
       handlebars: 'vendor/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6',
       text: 'vendor/require-text-1.0.8',
-      chaplin: 'vendor/chaplin'
+      chaplin: 'vendor/chaplin',
+      underscore: 'vendor/underscore-1.3.3',
+      backbone: 'vendor/backbone-0.9.2'
+    },
+    shim: {
+      'backbone': {
+        deps: ['underscore', 'jquery'], 
+        exports: 'Backbone'
+      },
+      'underscore' :{
+        exports: '_'
+      }
     },
+
+
     waitSeconds: 1,
     // For easier development, disable browser caching
     // Of course, this should be removed in a production environment

js/vendor/underscore-1.3.3.js

@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@
   // Create a safe reference to the Underscore object for use below.
   var _ = function(obj) { return new wrapper(obj); };
 
-  // Export the Underscore object for **Node.js** and **"CommonJS"**, with
-  // backwards-compatibility for the old `require()` API. If we're not in
-  // CommonJS, add `_` to the global object via a string identifier for
-  // the Closure Compiler "advanced" mode. Registration as an AMD module
-  // via define() happens at the end of this file.
+  // Export the Underscore object for **Node.js**, with
+  // backwards-compatibility for the old `require()` API. If we're in
+  // the browser, add `_` as a global object via a string identifier,
+  // for Closure Compiler "advanced" mode.
   if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
     if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
       exports = module.exports = _;
@@ -1057,12 +1056,4 @@
     return this._wrapped;
   };
 
-  // AMD define happens at the end for compatibility with AMD loaders
-  // that don't enforce next-turn semantics on modules.
-  if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
-    define('underscore', function() {
-      return _;
-    });
-  }
-
-}).call(this);
+}).call(this);