@mercer pretty much nailed it - I use react+reflux, and it's made life a lot easier. If server-side html is important to you, check out flummox. As for mvc, I

@mercer pretty much nailed it - I use react+reflux, and it's made life a lot easier. If server-side html is important to you, check out flummox. As for mvc, I would say react+reflux is more like mvvm than mvc. I don't miss anything from backbone and can't imagine going back, good riddance.