First, no it does not. The fact that there are fewer letters does not mean that there is less boilerplate. If you want an accurate measure, you need to count up

First, no it does not. The fact that there are fewer letters does not mean that there is less boilerplate. If you want an accurate measure, you need to count up actual lines of boilerplate in the code. Second, even if it did (again, it does not), it comes at the cost of reduced functionality. You can claim that these are unnecessary features, but, for instance, the entire template is not re-rendered on each change in Angular, only the affected piece. If you think that that's the right way to write apps in riot, then that means that every line in your app dedicated to restricting changes to a part of the view is boilerplate.