Check out Mithril: http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ Using the regular syntax isn't actually that bad. It's unusual, certainly,

Check out Mithril: http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ Using the regular syntax isn't actually that bad. It's unusual, certainly, but compared to HTML (when you actually think about it, rather than just say, "It's different and I don't like it"), it's alright. Also, as a framework, it's got a lot less magic than Angular, and lets you write javascript code that's much more like normal JS code than angular does. (IMHO). Also, the articles by the Mithril main author about JS & development philosophy are really good. I really like his style and approach to front-end development.