title: Is there something strange about the way Meteor loads jQuery?
body: <p>I'm having some difficulties with standard jQuery functionality when I use Meteor. My main 'client/server' JS file looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (Meteor.is_client) {
  $(document).ready(function(){
  $('#myDiv').append("foo");
  console.log('bar');
  });
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I load the app, 'bar' logs fine, but .append doesn't work. If I call the same .append in the console after page load, it works fine. (Similarly if I run the same code in a non-Meteor setting, it also works fine.)</p>
  
  <p>The code I actually want to run looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(document).ready(function(){
  var myModel = new MyModel({"name": "foo"});
  var myModelView = new MyModelView({model: myModel});
  });
  var MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize: function() {  
  }
  });
  var MyModelView = Backbone.View.extend({
  el: $('#myEl'),
  initialize: function(){
  _.bindAll(this, 'render');
  this.render();
  },
  render: function(){
  $(this.el).append(this.model.get('name'));
  console.log(this.model.get('name'))
  }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The method that isn't working here is render, in the View. The console.log bit of the render method is fine, but the jQuery append doesn't work. Initially I wondered whether it was something about the way I was using Backbone that was the problem, but now I'm wondering if it's a Meteor/jQuery issue instead?</p>