This is just a result of loose architecture. If your models are cleanly abstracted using REST principles on the server-side, then server templating becomes much

This is just a result of loose architecture. If your models are cleanly abstracted using REST principles on the server-side, then server templating becomes much more appealing. I say this because I am doing it -- building apps with REST interfaces on the server side. It's not a common pattern yet but I think this is where things will actually go (as opposed to the client), because it's actually easier to use, understand and iterate on. If you can write Javascript templates that interface with your back-end using REST calls like "GET /accounts", you can do the exact same thing in a server side template with better performance and dramatically simpler security.