isomorphicish.js

	var _ = require('underscore');
	var Backbone = require('backbone');
	var cheerio = require('cheerio');
	var request = require('request');

	Backbone.ajax = function(options) {
	options.json = true;

	return request(options, function(error, result) {
	if (error) {
	if (_.has(options, 'failure')) options.failure(error);
	} else {
	(if (_.has(options, 'success')) options.success(result.body);
	}
	});
	};

	Backbone.View.prototype.setElement = function($cheerio) {
	this.$el = $cheerio("*");
	return this;
	},

	Backbone.View.prototype._createElement = function(tagName) {
	return cheerio.load('<' + tagName + '>');
	}