It's all well and good to keep it simple if the extent of your app is actually a Todo list, but most of these frameworks are built to render an entire website w

It's all well and good to keep it simple if the extent of your app is actually a Todo list, but most of these frameworks are built to render an entire website worth of content on the client, including a router, controller, models, views, etc. That necessarily can make them a little more verbose for these simple examples, but invaluable in giving structure to complex apps.