That's because they are pretending that a document markup framework is a GUI framework. I mean DIVs, really? Also "isomorphic" practically means that developer

That's because they are pretending that a document markup framework is a GUI framework. I mean DIVs, really? Also "isomorphic" practically means that developers have to use the horrible legacy language on server as well (at least on client there is no choice). It is some form of madness.