If is as fast as described, it's a godsend to Backbone developers. I love Backbone, but as I described below, I've ended up learning AngularJS because handling

If is as fast as described, it's a godsend to Backbone developers. I love Backbone, but as I described below, I've ended up learning AngularJS because handling the DOM can be so tricky and cumbersome when you use Backbone. And AngularJS is a great project that definitely solves most performance issues, but as you pointed out, many facets of directives are pretty unintuitive. And integrating third-party libraries is a pain with AngularJS. So I'm really excited about trying this out. I really like the sample you put on pastebin -- very intuitive for Backbone devs.