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Yeah, I think the example itself is not a great pattern. :) If I were to redo that example, or do another example completely, I'd probably move a lot of that logic stuff into the model.

It's possible I'll add a more traditional 'controller' to the mix at some point, but I mostly wanted a similar structure to that of Backbone, without the need for jQuery/underscore.

Whoops! Fixed in the repo now.

I can't seem to edit the title of the HN article anymore. Must be past a certain time or something.

Yeah, for sure. I mostly started this to see if I can get a Backbone-like MVC without the heavy dependencies of jQuery/underscore/lodash/etc. The DOM selection stuff is also done relying much more heavily on native calls, so it should be much faster than jQuery at most DOM manipulation stuff. It doesn't have much/any browser support hackery built in.

For most of my work, I'll also be sticking to Backbone or something more supported/fully-featured. But I do have tinsy projects here and there that are mobile-focused one-offs that work really well with something like this. I found myself recreating this thing over and over, so I figured I'd just standardize it for me and see if anyone else felt the same need. :)

Thanks for checking it out and for the feedback!