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+// MarionetteJS (Backbone.Marionette)
+// ----------------------------------
+// v2.1.0
+//
+// Copyright (c)2014 Derick Bailey, Muted Solutions, LLC.
+// Distributed under MIT license
+//
+// http://marionettejs.com
+
+
+/*!
+ * Includes BabySitter
+ * https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.babysitter/
+ *
+ * Includes Wreqr
+ * https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.wreqr/
+ */
+
+
+(function(root, factory) {
+
+  if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+    define(['backbone', 'underscore'], function(Backbone, _) {
+      return (root.Marionette = factory(root, Backbone, _));
+    });
+  } else if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
+    var Backbone = require('backbone');
+    var _ = require('underscore');
+    module.exports = factory(root, Backbone, _);
+  } else {
+    root.Marionette = factory(root, root.Backbone, root._);
+  }
+
+}(this, function(root, Backbone, _) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  // Backbone.BabySitter
+  // -------------------
+  // v0.1.4
+  //
+  // Copyright (c)2014 Derick Bailey, Muted Solutions, LLC.
+  // Distributed under MIT license
+  //
+  // http://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.babysitter
+  (function(Backbone, _) {
+    "use strict";
+    var previousChildViewContainer = Backbone.ChildViewContainer;
+    // BabySitter.ChildViewContainer
+    // -----------------------------
+    //
+    // Provide a container to store, retrieve and
+    // shut down child views.
+    Backbone.ChildViewContainer = function(Backbone, _) {
+      // Container Constructor
+      // ---------------------
+      var Container = function(views) {
+        this._views = {};
+        this._indexByModel = {};
+        this._indexByCustom = {};
+        this._updateLength();
+        _.each(views, this.add, this);
+      };
+      // Container Methods
+      // -----------------
+      _.extend(Container.prototype, {
+        // Add a view to this container. Stores the view
+        // by `cid` and makes it searchable by the model
+        // cid (and model itself). Optionally specify
+        // a custom key to store an retrieve the view.
+        add: function(view, customIndex) {
+          var viewCid = view.cid;
+          // store the view
+          this._views[viewCid] = view;
+          // index it by model
+          if (view.model) {
+            this._indexByModel[view.model.cid] = viewCid;
+          }
+          // index by custom
+          if (customIndex) {
+            this._indexByCustom[customIndex] = viewCid;
+          }
+          this._updateLength();
+          return this;
+        },
+        // Find a view by the model that was attached to
+        // it. Uses the model's `cid` to find it.
+        findByModel: function(model) {
+          return this.findByModelCid(model.cid);
+        },
+        // Find a view by the `cid` of the model that was attached to
+        // it. Uses the model's `cid` to find the view `cid` and
+        // retrieve the view using it.
+        findByModelCid: function(modelCid) {
+          var viewCid = this._indexByModel[modelCid];
+          return this.findByCid(viewCid);
+        },
+        // Find a view by a custom indexer.
+        findByCustom: function(index) {
+          var viewCid = this._indexByCustom[index];
+          return this.findByCid(viewCid);
+        },
+        // Find by index. This is not guaranteed to be a
+        // stable index.
+        findByIndex: function(index) {
+          return _.values(this._views)[index];
+        },
+        // retrieve a view by its `cid` directly
+        findByCid: function(cid) {
+          return this._views[cid];
+        },
+        // Remove a view
+        remove: function(view) {
+          var viewCid = view.cid;
+          // delete model index
+          if (view.model) {
+            delete this._indexByModel[view.model.cid];
+          }
+          // delete custom index
+          _.any(this._indexByCustom, function(cid, key) {
+            if (cid === viewCid) {
+              delete this._indexByCustom[key];
+              return true;
+            }
+          }, this);
+          // remove the view from the container
+          delete this._views[viewCid];
+          // update the length
+          this._updateLength();
+          return this;
+        },
+        // Call a method on every view in the container,
+        // passing parameters to the call method one at a
+        // time, like `function.call`.
+        call: function(method) {
+          this.apply(method, _.tail(arguments));
+        },
+        // Apply a method on every view in the container,
+        // passing parameters to the call method one at a
+        // time, like `function.apply`.
+        apply: function(method, args) {
+          _.each(this._views, function(view) {
+            if (_.isFunction(view[method])) {
+              view[method].apply(view, args || []);
+            }
+          });
+        },
+        // Update the `.length` attribute on this container
+        _updateLength: function() {
+          this.length = _.size(this._views);
+        }
+      });
+      // Borrowing this code from Backbone.Collection:
+      // http://backbonejs.org/docs/backbone.html#section-106
+      //
+      // Mix in methods from Underscore, for iteration, and other
+      // collection related features.
+      var methods = [ "forEach", "each", "map", "find", "detect", "filter", "select", "reject", "every", "all", "some", "any", "include", "contains", "invoke", "toArray", "first", "initial", "rest", "last", "without", "isEmpty", "pluck" ];
+      _.each(methods, function(method) {
+        Container.prototype[method] = function() {
+          var views = _.values(this._views);
+          var args = [ views ].concat(_.toArray(arguments));
+          return _[method].apply(_, args);
+        };
+      });
+      // return the public API
+      return Container;
+    }(Backbone, _);
+    Backbone.ChildViewContainer.VERSION = "0.1.4";
+    Backbone.ChildViewContainer.noConflict = function() {
+      Backbone.ChildViewContainer = previousChildViewContainer;
+      return this;
+    };
+    return Backbone.ChildViewContainer;
+  })(Backbone, _);
+  // Backbone.Wreqr (Backbone.Marionette)
+  // ----------------------------------
+  // v1.3.1
+  //
+  // Copyright (c)2014 Derick Bailey, Muted Solutions, LLC.
+  // Distributed under MIT license
+  //
+  // http://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.wreqr
+  (function(Backbone, _) {
+    "use strict";
+    var previousWreqr = Backbone.Wreqr;
+    var Wreqr = Backbone.Wreqr = {};
+    Backbone.Wreqr.VERSION = "1.3.1";
+    Backbone.Wreqr.noConflict = function() {
+      Backbone.Wreqr = previousWreqr;
+      return this;
+    };
+    // Handlers
+    // --------
+    // A registry of functions to call, given a name
+    Wreqr.Handlers = function(Backbone, _) {
+      "use strict";
+      // Constructor
+      // -----------
+      var Handlers = function(options) {
+        this.options = options;
+        this._wreqrHandlers = {};
+        if (_.isFunction(this.initialize)) {
+          this.initialize(options);
+        }
+      };
+      Handlers.extend = Backbone.Model.extend;
+      // Instance Members
+      // ----------------
+      _.extend(Handlers.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+        // Add multiple handlers using an object literal configuration
+        setHandlers: function(handlers) {
+          _.each(handlers, function(handler, name) {
+            var context = null;
+            if (_.isObject(handler) && !_.isFunction(handler)) {
+              context = handler.context;
+              handler = handler.callback;
+            }
+            this.setHandler(name, handler, context);
+          }, this);
+        },
+        // Add a handler for the given name, with an
+        // optional context to run the handler within
+        setHandler: function(name, handler, context) {
+          var config = {
+            callback: handler,
+            context: context
+          };
+          this._wreqrHandlers[name] = config;
+          this.trigger("handler:add", name, handler, context);
+        },
+        // Determine whether or not a handler is registered
+        hasHandler: function(name) {
+          return !!this._wreqrHandlers[name];
+        },
+        // Get the currently registered handler for
+        // the specified name. Throws an exception if
+        // no handler is found.
+        getHandler: function(name) {
+          var config = this._wreqrHandlers[name];
+          if (!config) {
+            return;
+          }
+          return function() {
+            var args = Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments);
+            return config.callback.apply(config.context, args);
+          };
+        },
+        // Remove a handler for the specified name
+        removeHandler: function(name) {
+          delete this._wreqrHandlers[name];
+        },
+        // Remove all handlers from this registry
+        removeAllHandlers: function() {
+          this._wreqrHandlers = {};
+        }
+      });
+      return Handlers;
+    }(Backbone, _);
+    // Wreqr.CommandStorage
+    // --------------------
+    //
+    // Store and retrieve commands for execution.
+    Wreqr.CommandStorage = function() {
+      "use strict";
+      // Constructor function
+      var CommandStorage = function(options) {
+        this.options = options;
+        this._commands = {};
+        if (_.isFunction(this.initialize)) {
+          this.initialize(options);
+        }
+      };
+      // Instance methods
+      _.extend(CommandStorage.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+        // Get an object literal by command name, that contains
+        // the `commandName` and the `instances` of all commands
+        // represented as an array of arguments to process
+        getCommands: function(commandName) {
+          var commands = this._commands[commandName];
+          // we don't have it, so add it
+          if (!commands) {
+            // build the configuration
+            commands = {
+              command: commandName,
+              instances: []
+            };
+            // store it
+            this._commands[commandName] = commands;
+          }
+          return commands;
+        },
+        // Add a command by name, to the storage and store the
+        // args for the command
+        addCommand: function(commandName, args) {
+          var command = this.getCommands(commandName);
+          command.instances.push(args);
+        },
+        // Clear all commands for the given `commandName`
+        clearCommands: function(commandName) {
+          var command = this.getCommands(commandName);
+          command.instances = [];
+        }
+      });
+      return CommandStorage;
+    }();
+    // Wreqr.Commands
+    // --------------
+    //
+    // A simple command pattern implementation. Register a command
+    // handler and execute it.
+    Wreqr.Commands = function(Wreqr) {
+      "use strict";
+      return Wreqr.Handlers.extend({
+        // default storage type
+        storageType: Wreqr.CommandStorage,
+        constructor: function(options) {
+          this.options = options || {};
+          this._initializeStorage(this.options);
+          this.on("handler:add", this._executeCommands, this);
+          var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+          Wreqr.Handlers.prototype.constructor.apply(this, args);
+        },
+        // Execute a named command with the supplied args
+        execute: function(name, args) {
+          name = arguments[0];
+          args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+          if (this.hasHandler(name)) {
+            this.getHandler(name).apply(this, args);
+          } else {
+            this.storage.addCommand(name, args);
+          }
+        },
+        // Internal method to handle bulk execution of stored commands
+        _executeCommands: function(name, handler, context) {
+          var command = this.storage.getCommands(name);
+          // loop through and execute all the stored command instances
+          _.each(command.instances, function(args) {
+            handler.apply(context, args);
+          });
+          this.storage.clearCommands(name);
+        },
+        // Internal method to initialize storage either from the type's
+        // `storageType` or the instance `options.storageType`.
+        _initializeStorage: function(options) {
+          var storage;
+          var StorageType = options.storageType || this.storageType;
+          if (_.isFunction(StorageType)) {
+            storage = new StorageType();
+          } else {
+            storage = StorageType;
+          }
+          this.storage = storage;
+        }
+      });
+    }(Wreqr);
+    // Wreqr.RequestResponse
+    // ---------------------
+    //
+    // A simple request/response implementation. Register a
+    // request handler, and return a response from it
+    Wreqr.RequestResponse = function(Wreqr) {
+      "use strict";
+      return Wreqr.Handlers.extend({
+        request: function() {
+          var name = arguments[0];
+          var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+          if (this.hasHandler(name)) {
+            return this.getHandler(name).apply(this, args);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }(Wreqr);
+    // Event Aggregator
+    // ----------------
+    // A pub-sub object that can be used to decouple various parts
+    // of an application through event-driven architecture.
+    Wreqr.EventAggregator = function(Backbone, _) {
+      "use strict";
+      var EA = function() {};
+      // Copy the `extend` function used by Backbone's classes
+      EA.extend = Backbone.Model.extend;
+      // Copy the basic Backbone.Events on to the event aggregator
+      _.extend(EA.prototype, Backbone.Events);
+      return EA;
+    }(Backbone, _);
+    // Wreqr.Channel
+    // --------------
+    //
+    // An object that wraps the three messaging systems:
+    // EventAggregator, RequestResponse, Commands
+    Wreqr.Channel = function(Wreqr) {
+      "use strict";
+      var Channel = function(channelName) {
+        this.vent = new Backbone.Wreqr.EventAggregator();
+        this.reqres = new Backbone.Wreqr.RequestResponse();
+        this.commands = new Backbone.Wreqr.Commands();
+        this.channelName = channelName;
+      };
+      _.extend(Channel.prototype, {
+        // Remove all handlers from the messaging systems of this channel
+        reset: function() {
+          this.vent.off();
+          this.vent.stopListening();
+          this.reqres.removeAllHandlers();
+          this.commands.removeAllHandlers();
+          return this;
+        },
+        // Connect a hash of events; one for each messaging system
+        connectEvents: function(hash, context) {
+          this._connect("vent", hash, context);
+          return this;
+        },
+        connectCommands: function(hash, context) {
+          this._connect("commands", hash, context);
+          return this;
+        },
+        connectRequests: function(hash, context) {
+          this._connect("reqres", hash, context);
+          return this;
+        },
+        // Attach the handlers to a given message system `type`
+        _connect: function(type, hash, context) {
+          if (!hash) {
+            return;
+          }
+          context = context || this;
+          var method = type === "vent" ? "on" : "setHandler";
+          _.each(hash, function(fn, eventName) {
+            this[type][method](eventName, _.bind(fn, context));
+          }, this);
+        }
+      });
+      return Channel;
+    }(Wreqr);
+    // Wreqr.Radio
+    // --------------
+    //
+    // An object that lets you communicate with many channels.
+    Wreqr.radio = function(Wreqr) {
+      "use strict";
+      var Radio = function() {
+        this._channels = {};
+        this.vent = {};
+        this.commands = {};
+        this.reqres = {};
+        this._proxyMethods();
+      };
+      _.extend(Radio.prototype, {
+        channel: function(channelName) {
+          if (!channelName) {
+            throw new Error("Channel must receive a name");
+          }
+          return this._getChannel(channelName);
+        },
+        _getChannel: function(channelName) {
+          var channel = this._channels[channelName];
+          if (!channel) {
+            channel = new Wreqr.Channel(channelName);
+            this._channels[channelName] = channel;
+          }
+          return channel;
+        },
+        _proxyMethods: function() {
+          _.each([ "vent", "commands", "reqres" ], function(system) {
+            _.each(messageSystems[system], function(method) {
+              this[system][method] = proxyMethod(this, system, method);
+            }, this);
+          }, this);
+        }
+      });
+      var messageSystems = {
+        vent: [ "on", "off", "trigger", "once", "stopListening", "listenTo", "listenToOnce" ],
+        commands: [ "execute", "setHandler", "setHandlers", "removeHandler", "removeAllHandlers" ],
+        reqres: [ "request", "setHandler", "setHandlers", "removeHandler", "removeAllHandlers" ]
+      };
+      var proxyMethod = function(radio, system, method) {
+        return function(channelName) {
+          var messageSystem = radio._getChannel(channelName)[system];
+          var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+          return messageSystem[method].apply(messageSystem, args);
+        };
+      };
+      return new Radio();
+    }(Wreqr);
+    return Backbone.Wreqr;
+  })(Backbone, _);
+
+  var previousMarionette = root.Marionette;
+
+  var Marionette = Backbone.Marionette = {};
+
+  Marionette.VERSION = '2.1.0';
+
+  Marionette.noConflict = function() {
+    root.Marionette = previousMarionette;
+    return this;
+  };
+
+  Backbone.Marionette = Marionette;
+
+  // Get the Deferred creator for later use
+  Marionette.Deferred = Backbone.$.Deferred;
+
+  /* jshint unused: false */
+
+  // Helpers
+  // -------
+
+  // For slicing `arguments` in functions
+  var slice = Array.prototype.slice;
+
+  function throwError(message, name) {
+    var error = new Error(message);
+    error.name = name || 'Error';
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  // Marionette.extend
+  // -----------------
+
+  // Borrow the Backbone `extend` method so we can use it as needed
+  Marionette.extend = Backbone.Model.extend;
+
+  // Marionette.getOption
+  // --------------------
+
+  // Retrieve an object, function or other value from a target
+  // object or its `options`, with `options` taking precedence.
+  Marionette.getOption = function(target, optionName) {
+    if (!target || !optionName) { return; }
+    var value;
+
+    if (target.options && (target.options[optionName] !== undefined)) {
+      value = target.options[optionName];
+    } else {
+      value = target[optionName];
+    }
+
+    return value;
+  };
+
+  // Proxy `Marionette.getOption`
+  Marionette.proxyGetOption = function(optionName) {
+    return Marionette.getOption(this, optionName);
+  };
+
+  // Marionette.normalizeMethods
+  // ----------------------
+
+  // Pass in a mapping of events => functions or function names
+  // and return a mapping of events => functions
+  Marionette.normalizeMethods = function(hash) {
+    var normalizedHash = {};
+    _.each(hash, function(method, name) {
+      if (!_.isFunction(method)) {
+        method = this[method];
+      }
+      if (!method) {
+        return;
+      }
+      normalizedHash[name] = method;
+    }, this);
+    return normalizedHash;
+  };
+
+
+  // allows for the use of the @ui. syntax within
+  // a given key for triggers and events
+  // swaps the @ui with the associated selector
+  Marionette.normalizeUIKeys = function(hash, ui) {
+    if (typeof(hash) === 'undefined') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    _.each(_.keys(hash), function(v) {
+      var pattern = /@ui\.[a-zA-Z_$0-9]*/g;
+      if (v.match(pattern)) {
+        hash[v.replace(pattern, function(r) {
+          return ui[r.slice(4)];
+        })] = hash[v];
+        delete hash[v];
+      }
+    });
+
+    return hash;
+  };
+
+  // Mix in methods from Underscore, for iteration, and other
+  // collection related features.
+  // Borrowing this code from Backbone.Collection:
+  // http://backbonejs.org/docs/backbone.html#section-121
+  Marionette.actAsCollection = function(object, listProperty) {
+    var methods = ['forEach', 'each', 'map', 'find', 'detect', 'filter',
+      'select', 'reject', 'every', 'all', 'some', 'any', 'include',
+      'contains', 'invoke', 'toArray', 'first', 'initial', 'rest',
+      'last', 'without', 'isEmpty', 'pluck'];
+
+    _.each(methods, function(method) {
+      object[method] = function() {
+        var list = _.values(_.result(this, listProperty));
+        var args = [list].concat(_.toArray(arguments));
+        return _[method].apply(_, args);
+      };
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Trigger an event and/or a corresponding method name. Examples:
+  //
+  // `this.triggerMethod("foo")` will trigger the "foo" event and
+  // call the "onFoo" method.
+  //
+  // `this.triggerMethod("foo:bar")` will trigger the "foo:bar" event and
+  // call the "onFooBar" method.
+  Marionette.triggerMethod = (function() {
+
+    // split the event name on the ":"
+    var splitter = /(^|:)(\w)/gi;
+
+    // take the event section ("section1:section2:section3")
+    // and turn it in to uppercase name
+    function getEventName(match, prefix, eventName) {
+      return eventName.toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+    // actual triggerMethod implementation
+    var triggerMethod = function(event) {
+      // get the method name from the event name
+      var methodName = 'on' + event.replace(splitter, getEventName);
+      var method = this[methodName];
+      var result;
+
+      // call the onMethodName if it exists
+      if (_.isFunction(method)) {
+        // pass all arguments, except the event name
+        result = method.apply(this, _.tail(arguments));
+      }
+
+      // trigger the event, if a trigger method exists
+      if (_.isFunction(this.trigger)) {
+        this.trigger.apply(this, arguments);
+      }
+
+      return result;
+    };
+
+    return triggerMethod;
+  })();
+
+  // DOMRefresh
+  // ----------
+  //
+  // Monitor a view's state, and after it has been rendered and shown
+  // in the DOM, trigger a "dom:refresh" event every time it is
+  // re-rendered.
+
+  Marionette.MonitorDOMRefresh = (function(documentElement) {
+    // track when the view has been shown in the DOM,
+    // using a Marionette.Region (or by other means of triggering "show")
+    function handleShow(view) {
+      view._isShown = true;
+      triggerDOMRefresh(view);
+    }
+
+    // track when the view has been rendered
+    function handleRender(view) {
+      view._isRendered = true;
+      triggerDOMRefresh(view);
+    }
+
+    // Trigger the "dom:refresh" event and corresponding "onDomRefresh" method
+    function triggerDOMRefresh(view) {
+      if (view._isShown && view._isRendered && isInDOM(view)) {
+        if (_.isFunction(view.triggerMethod)) {
+          view.triggerMethod('dom:refresh');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    function isInDOM(view) {
+      return Backbone.$.contains(documentElement, view.el);
+    }
+
+    // Export public API
+    return function(view) {
+      view.listenTo(view, 'show', function() {
+        handleShow(view);
+      });
+
+      view.listenTo(view, 'render', function() {
+        handleRender(view);
+      });
+    };
+  })(document.documentElement);
+
+
+  /* jshint maxparams: 5 */
+
+  // Marionette.bindEntityEvents & unbindEntityEvents
+  // ---------------------------
+  //
+  // These methods are used to bind/unbind a backbone "entity" (collection/model)
+  // to methods on a target object.
+  //
+  // The first parameter, `target`, must have a `listenTo` method from the
+  // EventBinder object.
+  //
+  // The second parameter is the entity (Backbone.Model or Backbone.Collection)
+  // to bind the events from.
+  //
+  // The third parameter is a hash of { "event:name": "eventHandler" }
+  // configuration. Multiple handlers can be separated by a space. A
+  // function can be supplied instead of a string handler name.
+
+  (function(Marionette) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    // Bind the event to handlers specified as a string of
+    // handler names on the target object
+    function bindFromStrings(target, entity, evt, methods) {
+      var methodNames = methods.split(/\s+/);
+
+      _.each(methodNames, function(methodName) {
+
+        var method = target[methodName];
+        if (!method) {
+          throwError('Method "' + methodName +
+            '" was configured as an event handler, but does not exist.');
+        }
+
+        target.listenTo(entity, evt, method);
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Bind the event to a supplied callback function
+    function bindToFunction(target, entity, evt, method) {
+      target.listenTo(entity, evt, method);
+    }
+
+    // Bind the event to handlers specified as a string of
+    // handler names on the target object
+    function unbindFromStrings(target, entity, evt, methods) {
+      var methodNames = methods.split(/\s+/);
+
+      _.each(methodNames, function(methodName) {
+        var method = target[methodName];
+        target.stopListening(entity, evt, method);
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Bind the event to a supplied callback function
+    function unbindToFunction(target, entity, evt, method) {
+      target.stopListening(entity, evt, method);
+    }
+
+
+    // generic looping function
+    function iterateEvents(target, entity, bindings, functionCallback, stringCallback) {
+      if (!entity || !bindings) { return; }
+
+      // allow the bindings to be a function
+      if (_.isFunction(bindings)) {
+        bindings = bindings.call(target);
+      }
+
+      // iterate the bindings and bind them
+      _.each(bindings, function(methods, evt) {
+
+        // allow for a function as the handler,
+        // or a list of event names as a string
+        if (_.isFunction(methods)) {
+          functionCallback(target, entity, evt, methods);
+        } else {
+          stringCallback(target, entity, evt, methods);
+        }
+
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Export Public API
+    Marionette.bindEntityEvents = function(target, entity, bindings) {
+      iterateEvents(target, entity, bindings, bindToFunction, bindFromStrings);
+    };
+
+    Marionette.unbindEntityEvents = function(target, entity, bindings) {
+      iterateEvents(target, entity, bindings, unbindToFunction, unbindFromStrings);
+    };
+
+    // Proxy `bindEntityEvents`
+    Marionette.proxyBindEntityEvents = function(entity, bindings) {
+      return Marionette.bindEntityEvents(this, entity, bindings);
+    };
+
+    // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents`
+    Marionette.proxyUnbindEntityEvents = function(entity, bindings) {
+      return Marionette.unbindEntityEvents(this, entity, bindings);
+    };
+  })(Marionette);
+
+
+  // Callbacks
+  // ---------
+
+  // A simple way of managing a collection of callbacks
+  // and executing them at a later point in time, using jQuery's
+  // `Deferred` object.
+  Marionette.Callbacks = function() {
+    this._deferred = Marionette.Deferred();
+    this._callbacks = [];
+  };
+
+  _.extend(Marionette.Callbacks.prototype, {
+
+    // Add a callback to be executed. Callbacks added here are
+    // guaranteed to execute, even if they are added after the
+    // `run` method is called.
+    add: function(callback, contextOverride) {
+      var promise = _.result(this._deferred, 'promise');
+
+      this._callbacks.push({cb: callback, ctx: contextOverride});
+
+      promise.then(function(args) {
+        if (contextOverride){ args.context = contextOverride; }
+        callback.call(args.context, args.options);
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Run all registered callbacks with the context specified.
+    // Additional callbacks can be added after this has been run
+    // and they will still be executed.
+    run: function(options, context) {
+      this._deferred.resolve({
+        options: options,
+        context: context
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Resets the list of callbacks to be run, allowing the same list
+    // to be run multiple times - whenever the `run` method is called.
+    reset: function() {
+      var callbacks = this._callbacks;
+      this._deferred = Marionette.Deferred();
+      this._callbacks = [];
+
+      _.each(callbacks, function(cb) {
+        this.add(cb.cb, cb.ctx);
+      }, this);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Marionette Controller
+  // ---------------------
+  //
+  // A multi-purpose object to use as a controller for
+  // modules and routers, and as a mediator for workflow
+  // and coordination of other objects, views, and more.
+  Marionette.Controller = function(options) {
+    this.options = options || {};
+
+    if (_.isFunction(this.initialize)) {
+      this.initialize(this.options);
+    }
+  };
+
+  Marionette.Controller.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+  // Controller Methods
+  // --------------
+
+  // Ensure it can trigger events with Backbone.Events
+  _.extend(Marionette.Controller.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+    destroy: function() {
+      var args = slice.call(arguments);
+      this.triggerMethod.apply(this, ['before:destroy'].concat(args));
+      this.triggerMethod.apply(this, ['destroy'].concat(args));
+
+      this.stopListening();
+      this.off();
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod,
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption
+
+  });
+
+  // Marionette Object
+  // ---------------------
+  //
+  // A Base Class that other Classes should descend from.
+  // Object borrows many conventions and utilities from Backbone.
+  Marionette.Object = function(options) {
+
+    this.options = _.extend({}, _.result(this, 'options'), options);
+
+    this.initialize(this.options);
+  };
+
+  Marionette.Object.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+  // Object Methods
+  // --------------
+
+  _.extend(Marionette.Object.prototype, {
+
+    //this is a noop method intended to be overridden by classes that extend from this base
+    initialize: function() {},
+
+    destroy: function() {
+      this.triggerMethod('before:destroy');
+      this.triggerMethod('destroy');
+      this.stopListening();
+    },
+
+    // Import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod,
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption,
+
+    // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable binding view's events from another entity.
+    bindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyBindEntityEvents,
+
+    // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable unbinding view's events from another entity.
+    unbindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyUnbindEntityEvents
+  });
+
+  // Ensure it can trigger events with Backbone.Events
+  _.extend(Marionette.Object.prototype, Backbone.Events);
+
+  /* jshint maxcomplexity: 10, maxstatements: 29 */
+
+  // Region
+  // ------
+  //
+  // Manage the visual regions of your composite application. See
+  // http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2011/12/12/composite-js-apps-regions-and-region-managers/
+
+  Marionette.Region = function(options) {
+    this.options = options || {};
+    this.el = this.getOption('el');
+
+    // Handle when this.el is passed in as a $ wrapped element.
+    this.el = this.el instanceof Backbone.$ ? this.el[0] : this.el;
+
+    if (!this.el) {
+      throwError('An "el" must be specified for a region.', 'NoElError');
+    }
+
+    this.$el = this.getEl(this.el);
+
+    if (this.initialize) {
+      var args = slice.apply(arguments);
+      this.initialize.apply(this, args);
+    }
+  };
+
+
+  // Region Class methods
+  // -------------------
+
+  _.extend(Marionette.Region, {
+
+    // Build an instance of a region by passing in a configuration object
+    // and a default region class to use if none is specified in the config.
+    //
+    // The config object should either be a string as a jQuery DOM selector,
+    // a Region class directly, or an object literal that specifies both
+    // a selector and regionClass:
+    //
+    // ```js
+    // {
+    //   selector: "#foo",
+    //   regionClass: MyCustomRegion
+    // }
+    // ```
+    //
+    buildRegion: function(regionConfig, DefaultRegionClass) {
+      if (_.isString(regionConfig)) {
+        return this._buildRegionFromSelector(regionConfig, DefaultRegionClass);
+      }
+
+      if (regionConfig.selector || regionConfig.el || regionConfig.regionClass) {
+        return this._buildRegionFromObject(regionConfig, DefaultRegionClass);
+      }
+
+      if (_.isFunction(regionConfig)) {
+        return this._buildRegionFromRegionClass(regionConfig);
+      }
+
+      throwError('Improper region configuration type. Please refer ' +
+        'to http://marionettejs.com/docs/marionette.region.html#region-configuration-types');
+    },
+
+    // Build the region from a string selector like '#foo-region'
+    _buildRegionFromSelector: function(selector, DefaultRegionClass) {
+      return new DefaultRegionClass({ el: selector });
+    },
+
+    // Build the region from a configuration object
+    // ```js
+    // { selector: '#foo', regionClass: FooRegion }
+    // ```
+    _buildRegionFromObject: function(regionConfig, DefaultRegionClass) {
+      var RegionClass = regionConfig.regionClass || DefaultRegionClass;
+      var options = _.omit(regionConfig, 'selector', 'regionClass');
+
+      if (regionConfig.selector && !options.el) {
+        options.el = regionConfig.selector;
+      }
+
+      var region = new RegionClass(options);
+
+      // override the `getEl` function if we have a parentEl
+      // this must be overridden to ensure the selector is found
+      // on the first use of the region. if we try to assign the
+      // region's `el` to `parentEl.find(selector)` in the object
+      // literal to build the region, the element will not be
+      // guaranteed to be in the DOM already, and will cause problems
+      if (regionConfig.parentEl) {
+        region.getEl = function(el) {
+          if (_.isObject(el)) {
+            return Backbone.$(el);
+          }
+          var parentEl = regionConfig.parentEl;
+          if (_.isFunction(parentEl)) {
+            parentEl = parentEl();
+          }
+          return parentEl.find(el);
+        };
+      }
+
+      return region;
+    },
+
+    // Build the region directly from a given `RegionClass`
+    _buildRegionFromRegionClass: function(RegionClass) {
+      return new RegionClass();
+    }
+
+  });
+
+  // Region Instance Methods
+  // -----------------------
+
+  _.extend(Marionette.Region.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+
+    // Displays a backbone view instance inside of the region.
+    // Handles calling the `render` method for you. Reads content
+    // directly from the `el` attribute. Also calls an optional
+    // `onShow` and `onDestroy` method on your view, just after showing
+    // or just before destroying the view, respectively.
+    // The `preventDestroy` option can be used to prevent a view from
+    // the old view being destroyed on show.
+    // The `forceShow` option can be used to force a view to be
+    // re-rendered if it's already shown in the region.
+
+    show: function(view, options){
+      this._ensureElement();
+
+      var showOptions = options || {};
+      var isDifferentView = view !== this.currentView;
+      var preventDestroy =  !!showOptions.preventDestroy;
+      var forceShow = !!showOptions.forceShow;
+
+      // we are only changing the view if there is a view to change to begin with
+      var isChangingView = !!this.currentView;
+
+      // only destroy the view if we don't want to preventDestroy and the view is different
+      var _shouldDestroyView = !preventDestroy && isDifferentView;
+
+      if (_shouldDestroyView) {
+        this.empty();
+      }
+
+      // show the view if the view is different or if you want to re-show the view
+      var _shouldShowView = isDifferentView || forceShow;
+
+      if (_shouldShowView) {
+
+        // We need to listen for if a view is destroyed
+        // in a way other than through the region.
+        // If this happens we need to remove the reference
+        // to the currentView since once a view has been destroyed
+        // we can not reuse it.
+        view.once('destroy', _.bind(this.empty, this));
+        view.render();
+
+        if (isChangingView) {
+          this.triggerMethod('before:swap', view);
+        }
+
+        this.triggerMethod('before:show', view);
+
+        if (_.isFunction(view.triggerMethod)) {
+          view.triggerMethod('before:show');
+        } else {
+          this.triggerMethod.call(view, 'before:show');
+        }
+
+        this.attachHtml(view);
+        this.currentView = view;
+
+        if (isChangingView) {
+          this.triggerMethod('swap', view);
+        }
+
+        this.triggerMethod('show', view);
+
+        if (_.isFunction(view.triggerMethod)) {
+          view.triggerMethod('show');
+        } else {
+          this.triggerMethod.call(view, 'show');
+        }
+
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    _ensureElement: function(){
+      if (!_.isObject(this.el)) {
+        this.$el = this.getEl(this.el);
+        this.el = this.$el[0];
+      }
+
+      if (!this.$el || this.$el.length === 0) {
+        throwError('An "el" ' + this.$el.selector + ' must exist in DOM');
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Override this method to change how the region finds the
+    // DOM element that it manages. Return a jQuery selector object.
+    getEl: function(el) {
+      return Backbone.$(el);
+    },
+
+    // Override this method to change how the new view is
+    // appended to the `$el` that the region is managing
+    attachHtml: function(view) {
+      // empty the node and append new view
+      this.el.innerHTML='';
+      this.el.appendChild(view.el);
+    },
+
+    // Destroy the current view, if there is one. If there is no
+    // current view, it does nothing and returns immediately.
+    empty: function() {
+      var view = this.currentView;
+
+      // If there is no view in the region
+      // we should not remove anything
+      if (!view) { return; }
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:empty', view);
+      this._destroyView();
+      this.triggerMethod('empty', view);
+
+      // Remove region pointer to the currentView
+      delete this.currentView;
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // call 'destroy' or 'remove', depending on which is found
+    // on the view (if showing a raw Backbone view or a Marionette View)
+    _destroyView: function() {
+      var view = this.currentView;
+
+      if (view.destroy && !view.isDestroyed) {
+        view.destroy();
+      } else if (view.remove) {
+        view.remove();
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Attach an existing view to the region. This
+    // will not call `render` or `onShow` for the new view,
+    // and will not replace the current HTML for the `el`
+    // of the region.
+    attachView: function(view) {
+      this.currentView = view;
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Checks whether a view is currently present within
+    // the region. Returns `true` if there is and `false` if
+    // no view is present.
+    hasView: function() {
+      return !!this.currentView;
+    },
+
+    // Reset the region by destroying any existing view and
+    // clearing out the cached `$el`. The next time a view
+    // is shown via this region, the region will re-query the
+    // DOM for the region's `el`.
+    reset: function() {
+      this.empty();
+
+      if (this.$el) {
+        this.el = this.$el.selector;
+      }
+
+      delete this.$el;
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption,
+
+    // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod
+  });
+
+  // Copy the `extend` function used by Backbone's classes
+  Marionette.Region.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+  // Marionette.RegionManager
+  // ------------------------
+  //
+  // Manage one or more related `Marionette.Region` objects.
+  Marionette.RegionManager = (function(Marionette) {
+
+    var RegionManager = Marionette.Controller.extend({
+      constructor: function(options) {
+        this._regions = {};
+        Marionette.Controller.call(this, options);
+      },
+
+      // Add multiple regions using an object literal or a
+      // function that returns an object literal, where
+      // each key becomes the region name, and each value is
+      // the region definition.
+      addRegions: function(regionDefinitions, defaults) {
+        if (_.isFunction(regionDefinitions)) {
+          regionDefinitions = regionDefinitions.apply(this, arguments);
+        }
+
+        var regions = {};
+
+        _.each(regionDefinitions, function(definition, name) {
+          if (_.isString(definition)) {
+            definition = {selector: definition};
+          }
+
+          if (definition.selector) {
+            definition = _.defaults({}, definition, defaults);
+          }
+
+          var region = this.addRegion(name, definition);
+          regions[name] = region;
+        }, this);
+
+        return regions;
+      },
+
+      // Add an individual region to the region manager,
+      // and return the region instance
+      addRegion: function(name, definition) {
+        var region;
+
+        var isObject = _.isObject(definition);
+        var isString = _.isString(definition);
+        var hasSelector = !!definition.selector;
+
+        if (isString || (isObject && hasSelector)) {
+          region = Marionette.Region.buildRegion(definition, Marionette.Region);
+        } else if (_.isFunction(definition)) {
+          region = Marionette.Region.buildRegion(definition, Marionette.Region);
+        } else {
+          region = definition;
+        }
+
+        this.triggerMethod('before:add:region', name, region);
+
+        this._store(name, region);
+
+        this.triggerMethod('add:region', name, region);
+        return region;
+      },
+
+      // Get a region by name
+      get: function(name) {
+        return this._regions[name];
+      },
+
+      // Gets all the regions contained within
+      // the `regionManager` instance.
+      getRegions: function(){
+        return _.clone(this._regions);
+      },
+
+      // Remove a region by name
+      removeRegion: function(name) {
+        var region = this._regions[name];
+        this._remove(name, region);
+
+        return region;
+      },
+
+      // Empty all regions in the region manager, and
+      // remove them
+      removeRegions: function() {
+        var regions = this.getRegions();
+        _.each(this._regions, function(region, name) {
+          this._remove(name, region);
+        }, this);
+
+        return regions;
+      },
+
+      // Empty all regions in the region manager, but
+      // leave them attached
+      emptyRegions: function() {
+        var regions = this.getRegions();
+        _.each(regions, function(region) {
+          region.empty();
+        }, this);
+
+        return regions;
+      },
+
+      // Destroy all regions and shut down the region
+      // manager entirely
+      destroy: function() {
+        this.removeRegions();
+        return Marionette.Controller.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+      },
+
+      // internal method to store regions
+      _store: function(name, region) {
+        this._regions[name] = region;
+        this._setLength();
+      },
+
+      // internal method to remove a region
+      _remove: function(name, region) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:remove:region', name, region);
+        region.empty();
+        region.stopListening();
+        delete this._regions[name];
+        this._setLength();
+        this.triggerMethod('remove:region', name, region);
+      },
+
+      // set the number of regions current held
+      _setLength: function() {
+        this.length = _.size(this._regions);
+      }
+
+    });
+
+    Marionette.actAsCollection(RegionManager.prototype, '_regions');
+
+    return RegionManager;
+  })(Marionette);
+
+
+  // Template Cache
+  // --------------
+
+  // Manage templates stored in `<script>` blocks,
+  // caching them for faster access.
+  Marionette.TemplateCache = function(templateId) {
+    this.templateId = templateId;
+  };
+
+  // TemplateCache object-level methods. Manage the template
+  // caches from these method calls instead of creating
+  // your own TemplateCache instances
+  _.extend(Marionette.TemplateCache, {
+    templateCaches: {},
+
+    // Get the specified template by id. Either
+    // retrieves the cached version, or loads it
+    // from the DOM.
+    get: function(templateId) {
+      var cachedTemplate = this.templateCaches[templateId];
+
+      if (!cachedTemplate) {
+        cachedTemplate = new Marionette.TemplateCache(templateId);
+        this.templateCaches[templateId] = cachedTemplate;
+      }
+
+      return cachedTemplate.load();
+    },
+
+    // Clear templates from the cache. If no arguments
+    // are specified, clears all templates:
+    // `clear()`
+    //
+    // If arguments are specified, clears each of the
+    // specified templates from the cache:
+    // `clear("#t1", "#t2", "...")`
+    clear: function() {
+      var i;
+      var args = slice.call(arguments);
+      var length = args.length;
+
+      if (length > 0) {
+        for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+          delete this.templateCaches[args[i]];
+        }
+      } else {
+        this.templateCaches = {};
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  // TemplateCache instance methods, allowing each
+  // template cache object to manage its own state
+  // and know whether or not it has been loaded
+  _.extend(Marionette.TemplateCache.prototype, {
+
+    // Internal method to load the template
+    load: function() {
+      // Guard clause to prevent loading this template more than once
+      if (this.compiledTemplate) {
+        return this.compiledTemplate;
+      }
+
+      // Load the template and compile it
+      var template = this.loadTemplate(this.templateId);
+      this.compiledTemplate = this.compileTemplate(template);
+
+      return this.compiledTemplate;
+    },
+
+    // Load a template from the DOM, by default. Override
+    // this method to provide your own template retrieval
+    // For asynchronous loading with AMD/RequireJS, consider
+    // using a template-loader plugin as described here:
+    // https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.marionette/wiki/Using-marionette-with-requirejs
+    loadTemplate: function(templateId) {
+      var template = Backbone.$(templateId).html();
+
+      if (!template || template.length === 0) {
+        throwError('Could not find template: "' + templateId + '"', 'NoTemplateError');
+      }
+
+      return template;
+    },
+
+    // Pre-compile the template before caching it. Override
+    // this method if you do not need to pre-compile a template
+    // (JST / RequireJS for example) or if you want to change
+    // the template engine used (Handebars, etc).
+    compileTemplate: function(rawTemplate) {
+      return _.template(rawTemplate);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Renderer
+  // --------
+
+  // Render a template with data by passing in the template
+  // selector and the data to render.
+  Marionette.Renderer = {
+
+    // Render a template with data. The `template` parameter is
+    // passed to the `TemplateCache` object to retrieve the
+    // template function. Override this method to provide your own
+    // custom rendering and template handling for all of Marionette.
+    render: function(template, data) {
+      if (!template) {
+        throwError('Cannot render the template since its false, null or undefined.',
+          'TemplateNotFoundError');
+      }
+
+      var templateFunc;
+      if (typeof template === 'function') {
+        templateFunc = template;
+      } else {
+        templateFunc = Marionette.TemplateCache.get(template);
+      }
+
+      return templateFunc(data);
+    }
+  };
+
+
+  /* jshint maxlen: 114, nonew: false */
+  // Marionette.View
+  // ---------------
+
+  // The core view class that other Marionette views extend from.
+  Marionette.View = Backbone.View.extend({
+
+    constructor: function(options) {
+      _.bindAll(this, 'render');
+
+      // this exposes view options to the view initializer
+      // this is a backfill since backbone removed the assignment
+      // of this.options
+      // at some point however this may be removed
+      this.options = _.extend({}, _.result(this, 'options'), _.isFunction(options) ? options.call(this) : options);
+      // parses out the @ui DSL for events
+      this.events = this.normalizeUIKeys(_.result(this, 'events'));
+
+      if (_.isObject(this.behaviors)) {
+        new Marionette.Behaviors(this);
+      }
+
+      Backbone.View.apply(this, arguments);
+
+      Marionette.MonitorDOMRefresh(this);
+      this.listenTo(this, 'show', this.onShowCalled);
+    },
+
+    // Get the template for this view
+    // instance. You can set a `template` attribute in the view
+    // definition or pass a `template: "whatever"` parameter in
+    // to the constructor options.
+    getTemplate: function() {
+      return this.getOption('template');
+    },
+
+    // Serialize a model by returning its attributes. Clones
+    // the attributes to allow modification.
+    serializeModel: function(model){
+      return model.toJSON.apply(model, slice.call(arguments, 1));
+    },
+
+    // Mix in template helper methods. Looks for a
+    // `templateHelpers` attribute, which can either be an
+    // object literal, or a function that returns an object
+    // literal. All methods and attributes from this object
+    // are copies to the object passed in.
+    mixinTemplateHelpers: function(target) {
+      target = target || {};
+      var templateHelpers = this.getOption('templateHelpers');
+      if (_.isFunction(templateHelpers)) {
+        templateHelpers = templateHelpers.call(this);
+      }
+      return _.extend(target, templateHelpers);
+    },
+
+
+    normalizeUIKeys: function(hash) {
+      var ui = _.result(this, 'ui');
+      var uiBindings = _.result(this, '_uiBindings');
+      return Marionette.normalizeUIKeys(hash, uiBindings || ui);
+    },
+
+    // Configure `triggers` to forward DOM events to view
+    // events. `triggers: {"click .foo": "do:foo"}`
+    configureTriggers: function() {
+      if (!this.triggers) { return; }
+
+      var triggerEvents = {};
+
+      // Allow `triggers` to be configured as a function
+      var triggers = this.normalizeUIKeys(_.result(this, 'triggers'));
+
+      // Configure the triggers, prevent default
+      // action and stop propagation of DOM events
+      _.each(triggers, function(value, key) {
+
+        var hasOptions = _.isObject(value);
+        var eventName = hasOptions ? value.event : value;
+
+        // build the event handler function for the DOM event
+        triggerEvents[key] = function(e) {
+
+          // stop the event in its tracks
+          if (e) {
+            var prevent = e.preventDefault;
+            var stop = e.stopPropagation;
+
+            var shouldPrevent = hasOptions ? value.preventDefault : prevent;
+            var shouldStop = hasOptions ? value.stopPropagation : stop;
+
+            if (shouldPrevent && prevent) { prevent.apply(e); }
+            if (shouldStop && stop) { stop.apply(e); }
+          }
+
+          // build the args for the event
+          var args = {
+            view: this,
+            model: this.model,
+            collection: this.collection
+          };
+
+          // trigger the event
+          this.triggerMethod(eventName, args);
+        };
+
+      }, this);
+
+      return triggerEvents;
+    },
+
+    // Overriding Backbone.View's delegateEvents to handle
+    // the `triggers`, `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` configuration
+    delegateEvents: function(events) {
+      this._delegateDOMEvents(events);
+      this.bindEntityEvents(this.model, this.getOption('modelEvents'));
+      this.bindEntityEvents(this.collection, this.getOption('collectionEvents'));
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // internal method to delegate DOM events and triggers
+    _delegateDOMEvents: function(events) {
+      events = events || this.events;
+      if (_.isFunction(events)) { events = events.call(this); }
+
+      // normalize ui keys
+      events = this.normalizeUIKeys(events);
+
+      var combinedEvents = {};
+
+      // look up if this view has behavior events
+      var behaviorEvents = _.result(this, 'behaviorEvents') || {};
+      var triggers = this.configureTriggers();
+
+      // behavior events will be overriden by view events and or triggers
+      _.extend(combinedEvents, behaviorEvents, events, triggers);
+
+      Backbone.View.prototype.delegateEvents.call(this, combinedEvents);
+    },
+
+    // Overriding Backbone.View's undelegateEvents to handle unbinding
+    // the `triggers`, `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` config
+    undelegateEvents: function() {
+      var args = slice.call(arguments);
+      Backbone.View.prototype.undelegateEvents.apply(this, args);
+      this.unbindEntityEvents(this.model, this.getOption('modelEvents'));
+      this.unbindEntityEvents(this.collection, this.getOption('collectionEvents'));
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method, handles the `show` event.
+    onShowCalled: function() {},
+
+    // Internal helper method to verify whether the view hasn't been destroyed
+    _ensureViewIsIntact: function() {
+      if (this.isDestroyed) {
+        var err = new Error('Cannot use a view thats already been destroyed.');
+        err.name = 'ViewDestroyedError';
+        throw err;
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Default `destroy` implementation, for removing a view from the
+    // DOM and unbinding it. Regions will call this method
+    // for you. You can specify an `onDestroy` method in your view to
+    // add custom code that is called after the view is destroyed.
+    destroy: function() {
+      if (this.isDestroyed) { return; }
+
+      var args = slice.call(arguments);
+
+      this.triggerMethod.apply(this, ['before:destroy'].concat(args));
+
+      // mark as destroyed before doing the actual destroy, to
+      // prevent infinite loops within "destroy" event handlers
+      // that are trying to destroy other views
+      this.isDestroyed = true;
+      this.triggerMethod.apply(this, ['destroy'].concat(args));
+
+      // unbind UI elements
+      this.unbindUIElements();
+
+      // remove the view from the DOM
+      this.remove();
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // This method binds the elements specified in the "ui" hash inside the view's code with
+    // the associated jQuery selectors.
+    bindUIElements: function() {
+      if (!this.ui) { return; }
+
+      // store the ui hash in _uiBindings so they can be reset later
+      // and so re-rendering the view will be able to find the bindings
+      if (!this._uiBindings) {
+        this._uiBindings = this.ui;
+      }
+
+      // get the bindings result, as a function or otherwise
+      var bindings = _.result(this, '_uiBindings');
+
+      // empty the ui so we don't have anything to start with
+      this.ui = {};
+
+      // bind each of the selectors
+      _.each(_.keys(bindings), function(key) {
+        var selector = bindings[key];
+        this.ui[key] = this.$(selector);
+      }, this);
+    },
+
+    // This method unbinds the elements specified in the "ui" hash
+    unbindUIElements: function() {
+      if (!this.ui || !this._uiBindings) { return; }
+
+      // delete all of the existing ui bindings
+      _.each(this.ui, function($el, name) {
+        delete this.ui[name];
+      }, this);
+
+      // reset the ui element to the original bindings configuration
+      this.ui = this._uiBindings;
+      delete this._uiBindings;
+    },
+
+    // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod,
+
+    // Imports the "normalizeMethods" to transform hashes of
+    // events=>function references/names to a hash of events=>function references
+    normalizeMethods: Marionette.normalizeMethods,
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption,
+
+    // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable binding view's events from another entity.
+    bindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyBindEntityEvents,
+
+    // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable unbinding view's events from another entity.
+    unbindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyUnbindEntityEvents
+  });
+
+  // Item View
+  // ---------
+
+  // A single item view implementation that contains code for rendering
+  // with underscore.js templates, serializing the view's model or collection,
+  // and calling several methods on extended views, such as `onRender`.
+  Marionette.ItemView = Marionette.View.extend({
+
+    // Setting up the inheritance chain which allows changes to
+    // Marionette.View.prototype.constructor which allows overriding
+    constructor: function() {
+      Marionette.View.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Serialize the model or collection for the view. If a model is
+    // found, the view's `serializeModel` is called. If a collection is found,
+    // each model in the collection is serialized by calling
+    // the view's `serializeCollection` and put into an `items` array in
+    // the resulting data. If both are found, defaults to the model.
+    // You can override the `serializeData` method in your own view definition,
+    // to provide custom serialization for your view's data.
+    serializeData: function(){
+      var data = {};
+
+      if (this.model) {
+        data = _.partial(this.serializeModel, this.model).apply(this, arguments);
+      }
+      else if (this.collection) {
+        data = { items: _.partial(this.serializeCollection, this.collection).apply(this, arguments) };
+      }
+
+      return data;
+    },
+
+    // Serialize a collection by serializing each of its models.
+    serializeCollection: function(collection){
+      return collection.toJSON.apply(collection, slice.call(arguments, 1));
+    },
+
+    // Render the view, defaulting to underscore.js templates.
+    // You can override this in your view definition to provide
+    // a very specific rendering for your view. In general, though,
+    // you should override the `Marionette.Renderer` object to
+    // change how Marionette renders views.
+    render: function() {
+      this._ensureViewIsIntact();
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:render', this);
+
+      this._renderTemplate();
+      this.bindUIElements();
+
+      this.triggerMethod('render', this);
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to render the template with the serialized data
+    // and template helpers via the `Marionette.Renderer` object.
+    // Throws an `UndefinedTemplateError` error if the template is
+    // any falsely value but literal `false`.
+    _renderTemplate: function() {
+      var template = this.getTemplate();
+
+      // Allow template-less item views
+      if (template === false) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!template) {
+        throwError('Cannot render the template since it is null or undefined.',
+          'UndefinedTemplateError');
+      }
+
+      // Add in entity data and template helpers
+      var data = this.serializeData();
+      data = this.mixinTemplateHelpers(data);
+
+      // Render and add to el
+      var html = Marionette.Renderer.render(template, data, this);
+      this.attachElContent(html);
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Attaches the content of a given view.
+    // This method can be overriden to optimize rendering,
+    // or to render in a non standard way.
+    //
+    // For example, using `innerHTML` instead of `$el.html`
+    //
+    // ```js
+    // attachElContent: function(html) {
+    //   this.el.innerHTML = html;
+    //   return this;
+    // }
+    // ```
+    attachElContent: function(html) {
+      this.$el.html(html);
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Override the default destroy event to add a few
+    // more events that are triggered.
+    destroy: function() {
+      if (this.isDestroyed) { return; }
+
+      return Marionette.View.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* jshint maxstatements: 14 */
+
+  // Collection View
+  // ---------------
+
+  // A view that iterates over a Backbone.Collection
+  // and renders an individual child view for each model.
+  Marionette.CollectionView = Marionette.View.extend({
+
+    // used as the prefix for child view events
+    // that are forwarded through the collectionview
+    childViewEventPrefix: 'childview',
+
+    // constructor
+    // option to pass `{sort: false}` to prevent the `CollectionView` from
+    // maintaining the sorted order of the collection.
+    // This will fallback onto appending childView's to the end.
+    constructor: function(options){
+      var initOptions = options || {};
+      this.sort = _.isUndefined(initOptions.sort) ? true : initOptions.sort;
+
+      this._initChildViewStorage();
+
+      Marionette.View.apply(this, arguments);
+
+      this._initialEvents();
+      this.initRenderBuffer();
+    },
+
+    // Instead of inserting elements one by one into the page,
+    // it's much more performant to insert elements into a document
+    // fragment and then insert that document fragment into the page
+    initRenderBuffer: function() {
+      this.elBuffer = document.createDocumentFragment();
+      this._bufferedChildren = [];
+    },
+
+    startBuffering: function() {
+      this.initRenderBuffer();
+      this.isBuffering = true;
+    },
+
+    endBuffering: function() {
+      this.isBuffering = false;
+      this._triggerBeforeShowBufferedChildren();
+      this.attachBuffer(this, this.elBuffer);
+      this._triggerShowBufferedChildren();
+      this.initRenderBuffer();
+    },
+
+    _triggerBeforeShowBufferedChildren: function() {
+      if (this._isShown) {
+        _.invoke(this._bufferedChildren, 'triggerMethod', 'before:show');
+      }
+    },
+
+    _triggerShowBufferedChildren: function() {
+      if (this._isShown) {
+        _.each(this._bufferedChildren, function (child) {
+          if (_.isFunction(child.triggerMethod)) {
+            child.triggerMethod('show');
+          } else {
+            Marionette.triggerMethod.call(child, 'show');
+          }
+        });
+        this._bufferedChildren = [];
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Configured the initial events that the collection view
+    // binds to.
+    _initialEvents: function() {
+      if (this.collection) {
+        this.listenTo(this.collection, 'add', this._onCollectionAdd);
+        this.listenTo(this.collection, 'remove', this._onCollectionRemove);
+        this.listenTo(this.collection, 'reset', this.render);
+
+        if (this.sort) {
+          this.listenTo(this.collection, 'sort', this._sortViews);
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Handle a child added to the collection
+    _onCollectionAdd: function(child) {
+      this.destroyEmptyView();
+      var ChildView = this.getChildView(child);
+      var index = this.collection.indexOf(child);
+      this.addChild(child, ChildView, index);
+    },
+
+    // get the child view by model it holds, and remove it
+    _onCollectionRemove: function(model) {
+      var view = this.children.findByModel(model);
+      this.removeChildView(view);
+      this.checkEmpty();
+    },
+
+    // Override from `Marionette.View` to trigger show on child views
+    onShowCalled: function(){
+      this.children.each(function(child){
+        if (_.isFunction(child.triggerMethod)) {
+          child.triggerMethod('show');
+        } else {
+          Marionette.triggerMethod.call(child, 'show');
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Render children views. Override this method to
+    // provide your own implementation of a render function for
+    // the collection view.
+    render: function() {
+      this._ensureViewIsIntact();
+      this.triggerMethod('before:render', this);
+      this._renderChildren();
+      this.triggerMethod('render', this);
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Render view after sorting. Override this method to
+    // change how the view renders after a `sort` on the collection.
+    // An example of this would be to only `renderChildren` in a `CompositeView`
+    // rather than the full view.
+    resortView: function() {
+      this.render();
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. This checks for any changes in the order of the collection.
+    // If the index of any view doesn't match, it will render.
+    _sortViews: function() {
+      // check for any changes in sort order of views
+      var orderChanged = this.collection.find(function(item, index){
+        var view = this.children.findByModel(item);
+        return !view || view._index !== index;
+      }, this);
+
+      if (orderChanged) {
+        this.resortView();
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. Separated so that CompositeView can have
+    // more control over events being triggered, around the rendering
+    // process
+    _renderChildren: function() {
+      this.destroyEmptyView();
+      this.destroyChildren();
+
+      if (this.isEmpty(this.collection)) {
+        this.showEmptyView();
+      } else {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:render:collection', this);
+        this.startBuffering();
+        this.showCollection();
+        this.endBuffering();
+        this.triggerMethod('render:collection', this);
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to loop through collection and show each child view.
+    showCollection: function() {
+      var ChildView;
+      this.collection.each(function(child, index) {
+        ChildView = this.getChildView(child);
+        this.addChild(child, ChildView, index);
+      }, this);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to show an empty view in place of
+    // a collection of child views, when the collection is empty
+    showEmptyView: function() {
+      var EmptyView = this.getEmptyView();
+
+      if (EmptyView && !this._showingEmptyView) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:render:empty');
+
+        this._showingEmptyView = true;
+        var model = new Backbone.Model();
+        this.addEmptyView(model, EmptyView);
+
+        this.triggerMethod('render:empty');
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to destroy an existing emptyView instance
+    // if one exists. Called when a collection view has been
+    // rendered empty, and then a child is added to the collection.
+    destroyEmptyView: function() {
+      if (this._showingEmptyView) {
+        this.destroyChildren();
+        delete this._showingEmptyView;
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Retrieve the empty view class
+    getEmptyView: function() {
+      return this.getOption('emptyView');
+    },
+
+    // Render and show the emptyView. Similar to addChild method
+    // but "child:added" events are not fired, and the event from
+    // emptyView are not forwarded
+    addEmptyView: function(child, EmptyView){
+
+      // get the emptyViewOptions, falling back to childViewOptions
+      var emptyViewOptions = this.getOption('emptyViewOptions') ||
+                            this.getOption('childViewOptions');
+
+      if (_.isFunction(emptyViewOptions)){
+        emptyViewOptions = emptyViewOptions.call(this);
+      }
+
+      // build the empty view
+      var view = this.buildChildView(child, EmptyView, emptyViewOptions);
+
+      // trigger the 'before:show' event on `view` if the collection view
+      // has already been shown
+      if (this._isShown){
+        this.triggerMethod.call(view, 'before:show');
+      }
+
+      // Store the `emptyView` like a `childView` so we can properly
+      // remove and/or close it later
+      this.children.add(view);
+
+      // Render it and show it
+      this.renderChildView(view, -1);
+
+      // call the 'show' method if the collection view
+      // has already been shown
+      if (this._isShown){
+        this.triggerMethod.call(view, 'show');
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Retrieve the `childView` class, either from `this.options.childView`
+    // or from the `childView` in the object definition. The "options"
+    // takes precedence.
+    // This method receives the model that will be passed to the instance
+    // created from this `childView`. Overriding methods may use the child
+    // to determine what `childView` class to return.
+    getChildView: function(child) {
+      var childView = this.getOption('childView');
+
+      if (!childView) {
+        throwError('A "childView" must be specified', 'NoChildViewError');
+      }
+
+      return childView;
+    },
+
+    // Render the child's view and add it to the
+    // HTML for the collection view at a given index.
+    // This will also update the indices of later views in the collection
+    // in order to keep the children in sync with the collection.
+    addChild: function(child, ChildView, index) {
+      var childViewOptions = this.getOption('childViewOptions');
+      if (_.isFunction(childViewOptions)) {
+        childViewOptions = childViewOptions.call(this, child, index);
+      }
+
+      var view = this.buildChildView(child, ChildView, childViewOptions);
+
+      // increment indices of views after this one
+      this._updateIndices(view, true, index);
+
+      this._addChildView(view, index);
+
+      return view;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. This decrements or increments the indices of views after the
+    // added/removed view to keep in sync with the collection.
+    _updateIndices: function(view, increment, index) {
+      if (!this.sort) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (increment) {
+        // assign the index to the view
+        view._index = index;
+
+        // increment the index of views after this one
+        this.children.each(function (laterView) {
+          if (laterView._index >= view._index) {
+            laterView._index++;
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      else {
+        // decrement the index of views after this one
+        this.children.each(function (laterView) {
+          if (laterView._index >= view._index) {
+            laterView._index--;
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    },
+
+
+    // Internal Method. Add the view to children and render it at
+    // the given index.
+    _addChildView: function(view, index) {
+      // set up the child view event forwarding
+      this.proxyChildEvents(view);
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:add:child', view);
+
+      // Store the child view itself so we can properly
+      // remove and/or destroy it later
+      this.children.add(view);
+      this.renderChildView(view, index);
+
+      if (this._isShown && !this.isBuffering){
+        if (_.isFunction(view.triggerMethod)) {
+          view.triggerMethod('show');
+        } else {
+          Marionette.triggerMethod.call(view, 'show');
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.triggerMethod('add:child', view);
+    },
+
+    // render the child view
+    renderChildView: function(view, index) {
+      view.render();
+      this.attachHtml(this, view, index);
+      return view;
+    },
+
+    // Build a `childView` for a model in the collection.
+    buildChildView: function(child, ChildViewClass, childViewOptions) {
+      var options = _.extend({model: child}, childViewOptions);
+      return new ChildViewClass(options);
+    },
+
+    // Remove the child view and destroy it.
+    // This function also updates the indices of
+    // later views in the collection in order to keep
+    // the children in sync with the collection.
+    removeChildView: function(view) {
+
+      if (view) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:remove:child', view);
+        // call 'destroy' or 'remove', depending on which is found
+        if (view.destroy) { view.destroy(); }
+        else if (view.remove) { view.remove(); }
+
+        this.stopListening(view);
+        this.children.remove(view);
+        this.triggerMethod('remove:child', view);
+
+        // decrement the index of views after this one
+        this._updateIndices(view, false);
+      }
+
+      return view;
+    },
+
+    // check if the collection is empty
+    isEmpty: function(collection) {
+      return !this.collection || this.collection.length === 0;
+    },
+
+    // If empty, show the empty view
+    checkEmpty: function() {
+      if (this.isEmpty(this.collection)) {
+        this.showEmptyView();
+      }
+    },
+
+    // You might need to override this if you've overridden attachHtml
+    attachBuffer: function(collectionView, buffer) {
+      collectionView.$el.append(buffer);
+    },
+
+    // Append the HTML to the collection's `el`.
+    // Override this method to do something other
+    // than `.append`.
+    attachHtml: function(collectionView, childView, index) {
+      if (collectionView.isBuffering) {
+        // buffering happens on reset events and initial renders
+        // in order to reduce the number of inserts into the
+        // document, which are expensive.
+        collectionView.elBuffer.appendChild(childView.el);
+        collectionView._bufferedChildren.push(childView);
+      }
+      else {
+        // If we've already rendered the main collection, append
+        // the new child into the correct order if we need to. Otherwise
+        // append to the end.
+        if (!collectionView._insertBefore(childView, index)){
+          collectionView._insertAfter(childView);
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. Check whether we need to insert the view into
+    // the correct position.
+    _insertBefore: function(childView, index) {
+      var currentView;
+      var findPosition = this.sort && (index < this.children.length - 1);
+      if (findPosition) {
+        // Find the view after this one
+        currentView = this.children.find(function (view) {
+          return view._index === index + 1;
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (currentView) {
+        currentView.$el.before(childView.el);
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      return false;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. Append a view to the end of the $el
+    _insertAfter: function(childView) {
+      this.$el.append(childView.el);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to set up the `children` object for
+    // storing all of the child views
+    _initChildViewStorage: function() {
+      this.children = new Backbone.ChildViewContainer();
+    },
+
+    // Handle cleanup and other destroying needs for the collection of views
+    destroy: function() {
+      if (this.isDestroyed) { return; }
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:destroy:collection');
+      this.destroyChildren();
+      this.triggerMethod('destroy:collection');
+
+      return Marionette.View.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Destroy the child views that this collection view
+    // is holding on to, if any
+    destroyChildren: function() {
+      var childViews = this.children.map(_.identity);
+      this.children.each(this.removeChildView, this);
+      this.checkEmpty();
+      return childViews;
+    },
+
+    // Set up the child view event forwarding. Uses a "childview:"
+    // prefix in front of all forwarded events.
+    proxyChildEvents: function(view) {
+      var prefix = this.getOption('childViewEventPrefix');
+
+      // Forward all child view events through the parent,
+      // prepending "childview:" to the event name
+      this.listenTo(view, 'all', function() {
+        var args = slice.call(arguments);
+        var rootEvent = args[0];
+        var childEvents = this.normalizeMethods(_.result(this, 'childEvents'));
+
+        args[0] = prefix + ':' + rootEvent;
+        args.splice(1, 0, view);
+
+        // call collectionView childEvent if defined
+        if (typeof childEvents !== 'undefined' && _.isFunction(childEvents[rootEvent])) {
+          childEvents[rootEvent].apply(this, args.slice(1));
+        }
+
+        this.triggerMethod.apply(this, args);
+      }, this);
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* jshint maxstatements: 17, maxlen: 117 */
+
+  // Composite View
+  // --------------
+
+  // Used for rendering a branch-leaf, hierarchical structure.
+  // Extends directly from CollectionView and also renders an
+  // a child view as `modelView`, for the top leaf
+  Marionette.CompositeView = Marionette.CollectionView.extend({
+
+    // Setting up the inheritance chain which allows changes to
+    // Marionette.CollectionView.prototype.constructor which allows overriding
+    // option to pass '{sort: false}' to prevent the CompositeView from
+    // maintaining the sorted order of the collection.
+    // This will fallback onto appending childView's to the end.
+    constructor: function() {
+      Marionette.CollectionView.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Configured the initial events that the composite view
+    // binds to. Override this method to prevent the initial
+    // events, or to add your own initial events.
+    _initialEvents: function() {
+
+      // Bind only after composite view is rendered to avoid adding child views
+      // to nonexistent childViewContainer
+      this.once('render', function() {
+        if (this.collection) {
+          this.listenTo(this.collection, 'add', this._onCollectionAdd);
+          this.listenTo(this.collection, 'remove', this._onCollectionRemove);
+          this.listenTo(this.collection, 'reset', this._renderChildren);
+
+          if (this.sort) {
+            this.listenTo(this.collection, 'sort', this._sortViews);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+    },
+
+    // Retrieve the `childView` to be used when rendering each of
+    // the items in the collection. The default is to return
+    // `this.childView` or Marionette.CompositeView if no `childView`
+    // has been defined
+    getChildView: function(child) {
+      var childView = this.getOption('childView') || this.constructor;
+
+      if (!childView) {
+        throwError('A "childView" must be specified', 'NoChildViewError');
+      }
+
+      return childView;
+    },
+
+    // Serialize the collection for the view.
+    // You can override the `serializeData` method in your own view
+    // definition, to provide custom serialization for your view's data.
+    serializeData: function() {
+      var data = {};
+
+      if (this.model){
+        data = _.partial(this.serializeModel, this.model).apply(this, arguments);
+      }
+
+      return data;
+    },
+
+    // Renders the model once, and the collection once. Calling
+    // this again will tell the model's view to re-render itself
+    // but the collection will not re-render.
+    render: function() {
+      this._ensureViewIsIntact();
+      this.isRendered = true;
+      this.resetChildViewContainer();
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:render', this);
+
+      this._renderTemplate();
+      this._renderChildren();
+
+      this.triggerMethod('render', this);
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    _renderChildren: function() {
+      if (this.isRendered) {
+        Marionette.CollectionView.prototype._renderChildren.call(this);
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Render the root template that the children
+    // views are appended to
+    _renderTemplate: function() {
+      var data = {};
+      data = this.serializeData();
+      data = this.mixinTemplateHelpers(data);
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:render:template');
+
+      var template = this.getTemplate();
+      var html = Marionette.Renderer.render(template, data, this);
+      this.attachElContent(html);
+
+      // the ui bindings is done here and not at the end of render since they
+      // will not be available until after the model is rendered, but should be
+      // available before the collection is rendered.
+      this.bindUIElements();
+      this.triggerMethod('render:template');
+    },
+
+    // Attaches the content of the root.
+    // This method can be overriden to optimize rendering,
+    // or to render in a non standard way.
+    //
+    // For example, using `innerHTML` instead of `$el.html`
+    //
+    // ```js
+    // attachElContent: function(html) {
+    //   this.el.innerHTML = html;
+    //   return this;
+    // }
+    // ```
+    attachElContent: function(html) {
+      this.$el.html(html);
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // You might need to override this if you've overridden attachHtml
+    attachBuffer: function(compositeView, buffer) {
+      var $container = this.getChildViewContainer(compositeView);
+      $container.append(buffer);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method. Append a view to the end of the $el.
+    // Overidden from CollectionView to ensure view is appended to
+    // childViewContainer
+    _insertAfter: function (childView) {
+      var $container = this.getChildViewContainer(this);
+      $container.append(childView.el);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to ensure an `$childViewContainer` exists, for the
+    // `attachHtml` method to use.
+    getChildViewContainer: function(containerView) {
+      if ('$childViewContainer' in containerView) {
+        return containerView.$childViewContainer;
+      }
+
+      var container;
+      var childViewContainer = Marionette.getOption(containerView, 'childViewContainer');
+      if (childViewContainer) {
+
+        var selector = _.isFunction(childViewContainer) ? childViewContainer.call(containerView) : childViewContainer;
+
+        if (selector.charAt(0) === '@' && containerView.ui) {
+          container = containerView.ui[selector.substr(4)];
+        } else {
+          container = containerView.$(selector);
+        }
+
+        if (container.length <= 0) {
+          throwError('The specified "childViewContainer" was not found: ' +
+            containerView.childViewContainer, 'ChildViewContainerMissingError');
+        }
+
+      } else {
+        container = containerView.$el;
+      }
+
+      containerView.$childViewContainer = container;
+      return container;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to reset the `$childViewContainer` on render
+    resetChildViewContainer: function() {
+      if (this.$childViewContainer) {
+        delete this.$childViewContainer;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  // LayoutView
+  // ----------
+
+  // Used for managing application layoutViews, nested layoutViews and
+  // multiple regions within an application or sub-application.
+  //
+  // A specialized view class that renders an area of HTML and then
+  // attaches `Region` instances to the specified `regions`.
+  // Used for composite view management and sub-application areas.
+  Marionette.LayoutView = Marionette.ItemView.extend({
+    regionClass: Marionette.Region,
+
+    // Ensure the regions are available when the `initialize` method
+    // is called.
+    constructor: function(options) {
+      options = options || {};
+
+      this._firstRender = true;
+      this._initializeRegions(options);
+
+      Marionette.ItemView.call(this, options);
+    },
+
+    // LayoutView's render will use the existing region objects the
+    // first time it is called. Subsequent calls will destroy the
+    // views that the regions are showing and then reset the `el`
+    // for the regions to the newly rendered DOM elements.
+    render: function() {
+      this._ensureViewIsIntact();
+
+      if (this._firstRender) {
+        // if this is the first render, don't do anything to
+        // reset the regions
+        this._firstRender = false;
+      } else {
+        // If this is not the first render call, then we need to
+        // re-initialize the `el` for each region
+        this._reInitializeRegions();
+      }
+
+      return Marionette.ItemView.prototype.render.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Handle destroying regions, and then destroy the view itself.
+    destroy: function() {
+      if (this.isDestroyed) { return this; }
+
+      this.regionManager.destroy();
+      return Marionette.ItemView.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Add a single region, by name, to the layoutView
+    addRegion: function(name, definition) {
+      this.triggerMethod('before:region:add', name);
+      var regions = {};
+      regions[name] = definition;
+      return this._buildRegions(regions)[name];
+    },
+
+    // Add multiple regions as a {name: definition, name2: def2} object literal
+    addRegions: function(regions) {
+      this.regions = _.extend({}, this.regions, regions);
+      return this._buildRegions(regions);
+    },
+
+    // Remove a single region from the LayoutView, by name
+    removeRegion: function(name) {
+      this.triggerMethod('before:region:remove', name);
+      delete this.regions[name];
+      return this.regionManager.removeRegion(name);
+    },
+
+    // Provides alternative access to regions
+    // Accepts the region name
+    // getRegion('main')
+    getRegion: function(region) {
+      return this.regionManager.get(region);
+    },
+
+    // Get all regions
+    getRegions: function(){
+      return this.regionManager.getRegions();
+    },
+
+    // internal method to build regions
+    _buildRegions: function(regions) {
+      var that = this;
+
+      var defaults = {
+        regionClass: this.getOption('regionClass'),
+        parentEl: function() { return that.$el; }
+      };
+
+      return this.regionManager.addRegions(regions, defaults);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to initialize the regions that have been defined in a
+    // `regions` attribute on this layoutView.
+    _initializeRegions: function(options) {
+      var regions;
+      this._initRegionManager();
+
+      if (_.isFunction(this.regions)) {
+        regions = this.regions(options);
+      } else {
+        regions = this.regions || {};
+      }
+
+      // Enable users to define `regions` as instance options.
+      var regionOptions = this.getOption.call(options, 'regions');
+
+      // enable region options to be a function
+      if (_.isFunction(regionOptions)) {
+        regionOptions = regionOptions.call(this, options);
+      }
+
+      _.extend(regions, regionOptions);
+
+      this.addRegions(regions);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to re-initialize all of the regions by updating the `el` that
+    // they point to
+    _reInitializeRegions: function() {
+      this.regionManager.emptyRegions();
+      this.regionManager.each(function(region) {
+        region.reset();
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Enable easy overiding of the default `RegionManager`
+    // for customized region interactions and buisness specific
+    // view logic for better control over single regions.
+    getRegionManager: function() {
+      return new Marionette.RegionManager();
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to initialize the region manager
+    // and all regions in it
+    _initRegionManager: function() {
+      this.regionManager = this.getRegionManager();
+
+      this.listenTo(this.regionManager, 'before:add:region', function(name) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:add:region', name);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this.regionManager, 'add:region', function(name, region) {
+        this[name] = region;
+        this.triggerMethod('add:region', name, region);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this.regionManager, 'before:remove:region', function(name) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:remove:region', name);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this.regionManager, 'remove:region', function(name, region) {
+        delete this[name];
+        this.triggerMethod('remove:region', name, region);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+
+  // Behavior
+  // -----------
+
+  // A Behavior is an isolated set of DOM /
+  // user interactions that can be mixed into any View.
+  // Behaviors allow you to blackbox View specific interactions
+  // into portable logical chunks, keeping your views simple and your code DRY.
+
+  Marionette.Behavior = (function(_, Backbone) {
+    function Behavior(options, view) {
+      // Setup reference to the view.
+      // this comes in handle when a behavior
+      // wants to directly talk up the chain
+      // to the view.
+      this.view = view;
+      this.defaults = _.result(this, 'defaults') || {};
+      this.options  = _.extend({}, this.defaults, options);
+
+      // proxy behavior $ method to the view
+      // this is useful for doing jquery DOM lookups
+      // scoped to behaviors view.
+      this.$ = function() {
+        return this.view.$.apply(this.view, arguments);
+      };
+
+      // Call the initialize method passing
+      // the arguments from the instance constructor
+      this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+
+    _.extend(Behavior.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+      initialize: function() {},
+
+      // stopListening to behavior `onListen` events.
+      destroy: function() {
+        this.stopListening();
+      },
+
+      // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+      // methods if the method exists
+      triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod,
+
+      // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+      getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption,
+
+      // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable binding view's events from another entity.
+      bindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyBindEntityEvents,
+
+      // Proxy `unbindEntityEvents` to enable unbinding view's events from another entity.
+      unbindEntityEvents: Marionette.proxyUnbindEntityEvents
+    });
+
+    // Borrow Backbones extend implementation
+    // this allows us to setup a proper
+    // inheritence pattern that follow in suite
+    // with the rest of Marionette views.
+    Behavior.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+    return Behavior;
+  })(_, Backbone);
+
+  /* jshint maxlen: 143, nonew: false */
+  // Marionette.Behaviors
+  // --------
+
+  // Behaviors is a utility class that takes care of
+  // glueing your behavior instances to their given View.
+  // The most important part of this class is that you
+  // **MUST** override the class level behaviorsLookup
+  // method for things to work properly.
+
+  Marionette.Behaviors = (function(Marionette, _) {
+
+    function Behaviors(view, behaviors) {
+      // Behaviors defined on a view can be a flat object literal
+      // or it can be a function that returns an object.
+      behaviors = Behaviors.parseBehaviors(view, behaviors || _.result(view, 'behaviors'));
+
+      // Wraps several of the view's methods
+      // calling the methods first on each behavior
+      // and then eventually calling the method on the view.
+      Behaviors.wrap(view, behaviors, _.keys(methods));
+    }
+
+    var methods = {
+      setElement: function(setElement, behaviors) {
+        setElement.apply(this, _.tail(arguments, 2));
+
+        // proxy behavior $el to the view's $el.
+        // This is needed because a view's $el proxy
+        // is not set until after setElement is called.
+        _.each(behaviors, function(b) {
+          b.$el = this.$el;
+          b.el = this.el;
+        }, this);
+
+        return this;
+      },
+
+      destroy: function(destroy, behaviors) {
+        var args = _.tail(arguments, 2);
+        destroy.apply(this, args);
+
+        // Call destroy on each behavior after
+        // destroying the view.
+        // This unbinds event listeners
+        // that behaviors have registerd for.
+        _.invoke(behaviors, 'destroy', args);
+        return this;
+      },
+
+      bindUIElements: function(bindUIElements, behaviors) {
+        bindUIElements.apply(this);
+        _.invoke(behaviors, bindUIElements);
+      },
+
+      unbindUIElements: function(unbindUIElements, behaviors) {
+        unbindUIElements.apply(this);
+        _.invoke(behaviors, unbindUIElements);
+      },
+
+      triggerMethod: function(triggerMethod, behaviors) {
+        var args = _.tail(arguments, 2);
+        triggerMethod.apply(this, args);
+
+        _.each(behaviors, function(b) {
+          triggerMethod.apply(b, args);
+        });
+      },
+
+      delegateEvents: function(delegateEvents, behaviors) {
+        var args = _.tail(arguments, 2);
+        delegateEvents.apply(this, args);
+
+        _.each(behaviors, function(b) {
+          Marionette.bindEntityEvents(b, this.model, Marionette.getOption(b, 'modelEvents'));
+          Marionette.bindEntityEvents(b, this.collection, Marionette.getOption(b, 'collectionEvents'));
+        }, this);
+
+        return this;
+      },
+
+      undelegateEvents: function(undelegateEvents, behaviors) {
+        var args = _.tail(arguments, 2);
+        undelegateEvents.apply(this, args);
+
+        _.each(behaviors, function(b) {
+          Marionette.unbindEntityEvents(b, this.model, Marionette.getOption(b, 'modelEvents'));
+          Marionette.unbindEntityEvents(b, this.collection, Marionette.getOption(b, 'collectionEvents'));
+        }, this);
+
+        return this;
+      },
+
+      behaviorEvents: function(behaviorEvents, behaviors) {
+        var _behaviorsEvents = {};
+        var viewUI = _.result(this, 'ui');
+
+        _.each(behaviors, function(b, i) {
+          var _events = {};
+          var behaviorEvents = _.clone(_.result(b, 'events')) || {};
+          var behaviorUI = _.result(b, 'ui');
+
+          // Construct an internal UI hash first using
+          // the views UI hash and then the behaviors UI hash.
+          // This allows the user to use UI hash elements
+          // defined in the parent view as well as those
+          // defined in the given behavior.
+          var ui = _.extend({}, viewUI, behaviorUI);
+
+          // Normalize behavior events hash to allow
+          // a user to use the @ui. syntax.
+          behaviorEvents = Marionette.normalizeUIKeys(behaviorEvents, ui);
+
+          _.each(_.keys(behaviorEvents), function(key) {
+            // Append white-space at the end of each key to prevent behavior key collisions.
+            // This is relying on the fact that backbone events considers "click .foo" the same as
+            // "click .foo ".
+
+            // +2 is used because new Array(1) or 0 is "" and not " "
+            var whitespace = (new Array(i + 2)).join(' ');
+            var eventKey   = key + whitespace;
+            var handler    = _.isFunction(behaviorEvents[key]) ? behaviorEvents[key] : b[behaviorEvents[key]];
+
+            _events[eventKey] = _.bind(handler, b);
+          });
+
+          _behaviorsEvents = _.extend(_behaviorsEvents, _events);
+        });
+
+        return _behaviorsEvents;
+      }
+    };
+
+    _.extend(Behaviors, {
+
+      // Placeholder method to be extended by the user.
+      // The method should define the object that stores the behaviors.
+      // i.e.
+      //
+      // ```js
+      // Marionette.Behaviors.behaviorsLookup: function() {
+      //   return App.Behaviors
+      // }
+      // ```
+      behaviorsLookup: function() {
+        throw new Error('You must define where your behaviors are stored.' +
+          'See https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.marionette' +
+          '/blob/master/docs/marionette.behaviors.md#behaviorslookup');
+      },
+
+      // Takes care of getting the behavior class
+      // given options and a key.
+      // If a user passes in options.behaviorClass
+      // default to using that. Otherwise delegate
+      // the lookup to the users `behaviorsLookup` implementation.
+      getBehaviorClass: function(options, key) {
+        if (options.behaviorClass) {
+          return options.behaviorClass;
+        }
+
+        // Get behavior class can be either a flat object or a method
+        return _.isFunction(Behaviors.behaviorsLookup) ? Behaviors.behaviorsLookup.apply(this, arguments)[key] : Behaviors.behaviorsLookup[key];
+      },
+
+      // Iterate over the behaviors object, for each behavior
+      // instantiate it and get its grouped behaviors.
+      parseBehaviors: function(view, behaviors) {
+        return _.chain(behaviors).map(function(options, key) {
+          var BehaviorClass = Behaviors.getBehaviorClass(options, key);
+
+          var behavior = new BehaviorClass(options, view);
+          var nestedBehaviors = Behaviors.parseBehaviors(view, _.result(behavior, 'behaviors'));
+
+          return [behavior].concat(nestedBehaviors);
+        }).flatten().value();
+      },
+
+      // Wrap view internal methods so that they delegate to behaviors. For example,
+      // `onDestroy` should trigger destroy on all of the behaviors and then destroy itself.
+      // i.e.
+      //
+      // `view.delegateEvents = _.partial(methods.delegateEvents, view.delegateEvents, behaviors);`
+      wrap: function(view, behaviors, methodNames) {
+        _.each(methodNames, function(methodName) {
+          view[methodName] = _.partial(methods[methodName], view[methodName], behaviors);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    return Behaviors;
+
+  })(Marionette, _);
+
+
+  // AppRouter
+  // ---------
+
+  // Reduce the boilerplate code of handling route events
+  // and then calling a single method on another object.
+  // Have your routers configured to call the method on
+  // your object, directly.
+  //
+  // Configure an AppRouter with `appRoutes`.
+  //
+  // App routers can only take one `controller` object.
+  // It is recommended that you divide your controller
+  // objects in to smaller pieces of related functionality
+  // and have multiple routers / controllers, instead of
+  // just one giant router and controller.
+  //
+  // You can also add standard routes to an AppRouter.
+
+  Marionette.AppRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
+
+    constructor: function(options) {
+      Backbone.Router.apply(this, arguments);
+
+      this.options = options || {};
+
+      var appRoutes = this.getOption('appRoutes');
+      var controller = this._getController();
+      this.processAppRoutes(controller, appRoutes);
+      this.on('route', this._processOnRoute, this);
+    },
+
+    // Similar to route method on a Backbone Router but
+    // method is called on the controller
+    appRoute: function(route, methodName) {
+      var controller = this._getController();
+      this._addAppRoute(controller, route, methodName);
+    },
+
+    // process the route event and trigger the onRoute
+    // method call, if it exists
+    _processOnRoute: function(routeName, routeArgs) {
+      // find the path that matched
+      var routePath = _.invert(this.getOption('appRoutes'))[routeName];
+
+      // make sure an onRoute is there, and call it
+      if (_.isFunction(this.onRoute)) {
+        this.onRoute(routeName, routePath, routeArgs);
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to process the `appRoutes` for the
+    // router, and turn them in to routes that trigger the
+    // specified method on the specified `controller`.
+    processAppRoutes: function(controller, appRoutes) {
+      if (!appRoutes) { return; }
+
+      var routeNames = _.keys(appRoutes).reverse(); // Backbone requires reverted order of routes
+
+      _.each(routeNames, function(route) {
+        this._addAppRoute(controller, route, appRoutes[route]);
+      }, this);
+    },
+
+    _getController: function() {
+      return this.getOption('controller');
+    },
+
+    _addAppRoute: function(controller, route, methodName) {
+      var method = controller[methodName];
+
+      if (!method) {
+        throwError('Method "' + methodName + '" was not found on the controller');
+      }
+
+      this.route(route, methodName, _.bind(method, controller));
+    },
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption
+  });
+
+  // Application
+  // -----------
+
+  // Contain and manage the composite application as a whole.
+  // Stores and starts up `Region` objects, includes an
+  // event aggregator as `app.vent`
+  Marionette.Application = function(options) {
+    this._initializeRegions(options);
+    this._initCallbacks = new Marionette.Callbacks();
+    this.submodules = {};
+    _.extend(this, options);
+    this._initChannel();
+  };
+
+  _.extend(Marionette.Application.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+    // Command execution, facilitated by Backbone.Wreqr.Commands
+    execute: function() {
+      this.commands.execute.apply(this.commands, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Request/response, facilitated by Backbone.Wreqr.RequestResponse
+    request: function() {
+      return this.reqres.request.apply(this.reqres, arguments);
+    },
+
+    // Add an initializer that is either run at when the `start`
+    // method is called, or run immediately if added after `start`
+    // has already been called.
+    addInitializer: function(initializer) {
+      this._initCallbacks.add(initializer);
+    },
+
+    // kick off all of the application's processes.
+    // initializes all of the regions that have been added
+    // to the app, and runs all of the initializer functions
+    start: function(options) {
+      this.triggerMethod('before:start', options);
+      this._initCallbacks.run(options, this);
+      this.triggerMethod('start', options);
+    },
+
+    // Add regions to your app.
+    // Accepts a hash of named strings or Region objects
+    // addRegions({something: "#someRegion"})
+    // addRegions({something: Region.extend({el: "#someRegion"}) });
+    addRegions: function(regions) {
+      return this._regionManager.addRegions(regions);
+    },
+
+    // Empty all regions in the app, without removing them
+    emptyRegions: function() {
+      return this._regionManager.emptyRegions();
+    },
+
+    // Removes a region from your app, by name
+    // Accepts the regions name
+    // removeRegion('myRegion')
+    removeRegion: function(region) {
+      return this._regionManager.removeRegion(region);
+    },
+
+    // Provides alternative access to regions
+    // Accepts the region name
+    // getRegion('main')
+    getRegion: function(region) {
+      return this._regionManager.get(region);
+    },
+
+    // Get all the regions from the region manager
+    getRegions: function(){
+      return this._regionManager.getRegions();
+    },
+
+    // Create a module, attached to the application
+    module: function(moduleNames, moduleDefinition) {
+
+      // Overwrite the module class if the user specifies one
+      var ModuleClass = Marionette.Module.getClass(moduleDefinition);
+
+      // slice the args, and add this application object as the
+      // first argument of the array
+      var args = slice.call(arguments);
+      args.unshift(this);
+
+      // see the Marionette.Module object for more information
+      return ModuleClass.create.apply(ModuleClass, args);
+    },
+
+    // Enable easy overriding of the default `RegionManager`
+    // for customized region interactions and business-specific
+    // view logic for better control over single regions.
+    getRegionManager: function() {
+      return new Marionette.RegionManager();
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to initialize the regions that have been defined in a
+    // `regions` attribute on the application instance
+    _initializeRegions: function(options) {
+      var regions = _.isFunction(this.regions) ? this.regions(options) : this.regions || {};
+
+      this._initRegionManager();
+
+      // Enable users to define `regions` in instance options.
+      var optionRegions = Marionette.getOption(options, 'regions');
+
+      // Enable region options to be a function
+      if (_.isFunction(optionRegions)) {
+        optionRegions = optionRegions.call(this, options);
+      }
+
+      // Overwrite current regions with those passed in options
+      _.extend(regions, optionRegions);
+
+      this.addRegions(regions);
+
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to set up the region manager
+    _initRegionManager: function() {
+      this._regionManager = this.getRegionManager();
+
+      this.listenTo(this._regionManager, 'before:add:region', function(name) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:add:region', name);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this._regionManager, 'add:region', function(name, region) {
+        this[name] = region;
+        this.triggerMethod('add:region', name, region);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this._regionManager, 'before:remove:region', function(name) {
+        this.triggerMethod('before:remove:region', name);
+      });
+
+      this.listenTo(this._regionManager, 'remove:region', function(name, region) {
+        delete this[name];
+        this.triggerMethod('remove:region', name, region);
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Internal method to setup the Wreqr.radio channel
+    _initChannel: function() {
+      this.channelName = _.result(this, 'channelName') || 'global';
+      this.channel = _.result(this, 'channel') || Backbone.Wreqr.radio.channel(this.channelName);
+      this.vent = _.result(this, 'vent') || this.channel.vent;
+      this.commands = _.result(this, 'commands') || this.channel.commands;
+      this.reqres = _.result(this, 'reqres') || this.channel.reqres;
+    },
+
+    // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod,
+
+    // Proxy `getOption` to enable getting options from this or this.options by name.
+    getOption: Marionette.proxyGetOption
+  });
+
+  // Copy the `extend` function used by Backbone's classes
+  Marionette.Application.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+  /* jshint maxparams: 9 */
+
+  // Module
+  // ------
+
+  // A simple module system, used to create privacy and encapsulation in
+  // Marionette applications
+  Marionette.Module = function(moduleName, app, options) {
+    this.moduleName = moduleName;
+    this.options = _.extend({}, this.options, options);
+    // Allow for a user to overide the initialize
+    // for a given module instance.
+    this.initialize = options.initialize || this.initialize;
+
+    // Set up an internal store for sub-modules.
+    this.submodules = {};
+
+    this._setupInitializersAndFinalizers();
+
+    // Set an internal reference to the app
+    // within a module.
+    this.app = app;
+
+    // By default modules start with their parents.
+    this.startWithParent = true;
+
+    if (_.isFunction(this.initialize)) {
+      this.initialize(moduleName, app, this.options);
+    }
+  };
+
+  Marionette.Module.extend = Marionette.extend;
+
+  // Extend the Module prototype with events / listenTo, so that the module
+  // can be used as an event aggregator or pub/sub.
+  _.extend(Marionette.Module.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
+
+    // Initialize is an empty function by default. Override it with your own
+    // initialization logic when extending Marionette.Module.
+    initialize: function() {},
+
+    // Initializer for a specific module. Initializers are run when the
+    // module's `start` method is called.
+    addInitializer: function(callback) {
+      this._initializerCallbacks.add(callback);
+    },
+
+    // Finalizers are run when a module is stopped. They are used to teardown
+    // and finalize any variables, references, events and other code that the
+    // module had set up.
+    addFinalizer: function(callback) {
+      this._finalizerCallbacks.add(callback);
+    },
+
+    // Start the module, and run all of its initializers
+    start: function(options) {
+      // Prevent re-starting a module that is already started
+      if (this._isInitialized) { return; }
+
+      // start the sub-modules (depth-first hierarchy)
+      _.each(this.submodules, function(mod) {
+        // check to see if we should start the sub-module with this parent
+        if (mod.startWithParent) {
+          mod.start(options);
+        }
+      });
+
+      // run the callbacks to "start" the current module
+      this.triggerMethod('before:start', options);
+
+      this._initializerCallbacks.run(options, this);
+      this._isInitialized = true;
+
+      this.triggerMethod('start', options);
+    },
+
+    // Stop this module by running its finalizers and then stop all of
+    // the sub-modules for this module
+    stop: function() {
+      // if we are not initialized, don't bother finalizing
+      if (!this._isInitialized) { return; }
+      this._isInitialized = false;
+
+      this.triggerMethod('before:stop');
+
+      // stop the sub-modules; depth-first, to make sure the
+      // sub-modules are stopped / finalized before parents
+      _.each(this.submodules, function(mod) { mod.stop(); });
+
+      // run the finalizers
+      this._finalizerCallbacks.run(undefined, this);
+
+      // reset the initializers and finalizers
+      this._initializerCallbacks.reset();
+      this._finalizerCallbacks.reset();
+
+      this.triggerMethod('stop');
+    },
+
+    // Configure the module with a definition function and any custom args
+    // that are to be passed in to the definition function
+    addDefinition: function(moduleDefinition, customArgs) {
+      this._runModuleDefinition(moduleDefinition, customArgs);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method: run the module definition function with the correct
+    // arguments
+    _runModuleDefinition: function(definition, customArgs) {
+      // If there is no definition short circut the method.
+      if (!definition) { return; }
+
+      // build the correct list of arguments for the module definition
+      var args = _.flatten([
+        this,
+        this.app,
+        Backbone,
+        Marionette,
+        Backbone.$, _,
+        customArgs
+      ]);
+
+      definition.apply(this, args);
+    },
+
+    // Internal method: set up new copies of initializers and finalizers.
+    // Calling this method will wipe out all existing initializers and
+    // finalizers.
+    _setupInitializersAndFinalizers: function() {
+      this._initializerCallbacks = new Marionette.Callbacks();
+      this._finalizerCallbacks = new Marionette.Callbacks();
+    },
+
+    // import the `triggerMethod` to trigger events with corresponding
+    // methods if the method exists
+    triggerMethod: Marionette.triggerMethod
+  });
+
+  // Class methods to create modules
+  _.extend(Marionette.Module, {
+
+    // Create a module, hanging off the app parameter as the parent object.
+    create: function(app, moduleNames, moduleDefinition) {
+      var module = app;
+
+      // get the custom args passed in after the module definition and
+      // get rid of the module name and definition function
+      var customArgs = slice.call(arguments);
+      customArgs.splice(0, 3);
+
+      // Split the module names and get the number of submodules.
+      // i.e. an example module name of `Doge.Wow.Amaze` would
+      // then have the potential for 3 module definitions.
+      moduleNames = moduleNames.split('.');
+      var length = moduleNames.length;
+
+      // store the module definition for the last module in the chain
+      var moduleDefinitions = [];
+      moduleDefinitions[length - 1] = moduleDefinition;
+
+      // Loop through all the parts of the module definition
+      _.each(moduleNames, function(moduleName, i) {
+        var parentModule = module;
+        module = this._getModule(parentModule, moduleName, app, moduleDefinition);
+        this._addModuleDefinition(parentModule, module, moduleDefinitions[i], customArgs);
+      }, this);
+
+      // Return the last module in the definition chain
+      return module;
+    },
+
+    _getModule: function(parentModule, moduleName, app, def, args) {
+      var options = _.extend({}, def);
+      var ModuleClass = this.getClass(def);
+
+      // Get an existing module of this name if we have one
+      var module = parentModule[moduleName];
+
+      if (!module) {
+        // Create a new module if we don't have one
+        module = new ModuleClass(moduleName, app, options);
+        parentModule[moduleName] = module;
+        // store the module on the parent
+        parentModule.submodules[moduleName] = module;
+      }
+
+      return module;
+    },
+
+    // ## Module Classes
+    //
+    // Module classes can be used as an alternative to the define pattern.
+    // The extend function of a Module is identical to the extend functions
+    // on other Backbone and Marionette classes.
+    // This allows module lifecyle events like `onStart` and `onStop` to be called directly.
+    getClass: function(moduleDefinition) {
+      var ModuleClass = Marionette.Module;
+
+      if (!moduleDefinition) {
+        return ModuleClass;
+      }
+
+      // If all of the module's functionality is defined inside its class,
+      // then the class can be passed in directly. `MyApp.module("Foo", FooModule)`.
+      if (moduleDefinition.prototype instanceof ModuleClass) {
+        return moduleDefinition;
+      }
+
+      return moduleDefinition.moduleClass || ModuleClass;
+    },
+
+    // Add the module definition and add a startWithParent initializer function.
+    // This is complicated because module definitions are heavily overloaded
+    // and support an anonymous function, module class, or options object
+    _addModuleDefinition: function(parentModule, module, def, args) {
+      var fn = this._getDefine(def);
+      var startWithParent = this._getStartWithParent(def, module);
+
+      if (fn) {
+        module.addDefinition(fn, args);
+      }
+
+      this._addStartWithParent(parentModule, module, startWithParent);
+    },
+
+    _getStartWithParent: function(def, module) {
+      var swp;
+
+      if (_.isFunction(def) && (def.prototype instanceof Marionette.Module)) {
+        swp = module.constructor.prototype.startWithParent;
+        return _.isUndefined(swp) ? true : swp;
+      }
+
+      if (_.isObject(def)) {
+        swp = def.startWithParent;
+        return _.isUndefined(swp) ? true : swp;
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    },
+
+    _getDefine: function(def) {
+      if (_.isFunction(def) && !(def.prototype instanceof Marionette.Module)) {
+        return def;
+      }
+
+      if (_.isObject(def)) {
+        return def.define;
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    },
+
+    _addStartWithParent: function(parentModule, module, startWithParent) {
+      module.startWithParent = module.startWithParent && startWithParent;
+
+      if (!module.startWithParent || !!module.startWithParentIsConfigured) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      module.startWithParentIsConfigured = true;
+
+      parentModule.addInitializer(function(options) {
+        if (module.startWithParent) {
+          module.start(options);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+
+  return Marionette;
+}));