This screencast shows you how to use backbone-react-component, https://github.com/magalhas/backbone-react-component.

It's a great library that helps you get a restful api working with react in a simple way.

Blog post: http://www.openmindedinnovations.com/blogs/backbone-react-component-with-middleman

github: https://github.com/openmindedinnovations/backbone_react_component_screencast

backbone-react-component: http://github.com/magalhas/backbone-react-component

Backbone: http://backbonejs.org/

React: http://facebook.github.io/react/

Middleman: http://middlemanapp.com/