Or just use something like twig where the whole point is to have your view data sorted BEFORE you get to templating, which IMO, is the real source of clutter. T

Or just use something like twig where the whole point is to have your view data sorted BEFORE you get to templating, which IMO, is the real source of clutter. Template systems should be boring, stupid, and clean. Making all of the things JavaScript has never been necessary. Definitely better than React or most anything else that's popular though.