These days, for simple interactions, youmightnotneedjquery.com is a good resource for those trying to curb that sort of behavior. On the framework end of the s

These days, for simple interactions, youmightnotneedjquery.com is a good resource for those trying to curb that sort of behavior. On the framework end of the spectrum, we have efforts like Mithril.js that try to provide a minimalist set of tools for more ambitious web applications. So all is not lost :)