And: It's true that DOM manipulation could be seen as "lower level" than HTML generation, but the main difference for programmers is the API. A framework that

And: It's true that DOM manipulation could be seen as "lower level" than HTML generation, but the main difference for programmers is the API. A framework that forced you to call createNode('b') and createTextNode() and appendChild() would not get the adoption that one which lets you say "return '<b>Foo</b>', all other things being equal.