> Not even remotely the same thing. HTML has a hierarchical structure which isn't a particularly good structure for a web application. Javascript syntax allows

> Not even remotely the same thing. HTML has a hierarchical structure which isn't a particularly good structure for a web application. Javascript syntax allows far more control over the hierarchy. I agree with you on the control but my point was that a lot of people that dislike Angular don't like the idea of putting tags on HTML elements which is very reminiscent to inline onclicks and the hackish approach to apps from yesteryear. onclick="doSomething()" versus ng-click="controller.doSomething()" Sure, there's a lot more under the hood with Angular but it looks and feels similarly and it scares some people away toward other approaches. JS used to have a lot of inline code back in the day. Then jQuery came along and devs moved their JS into separate files but everything was still tied to elements and very frail. It was terrible for apps of any complexity. Now we have a ton of options and there is no consensus. However, maintainability is easier and building robust front-ends that don't break when someone moves a div or renames a class is not difficult anymore. Angular is my favorite but I'm also liking what I'm seeing from Vue for a lot of applications.