Utility Backbone.$ Utility Backbone.noConflict BackboneJS - View $el Utility Backbone.$ <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Utility Example</title> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <script> //The value specified for the variable '$' in the global scope var $ = {version:'0.1.1',name:'CodingDict'}; </script> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> <script type = "text/javascript"> //Set the value for the variable after Backbone is loaded Backbone.$ = {version:'1.1.2',name:'CodingDict'}; //It displays the defined values in the JSON format document.write("The values after loading Backbone are: ",JSON.stringify(Backbone.$)); </script> </body> </html> Utility Backbone.noConflict BackboneJS - View $el