[holtalanm]

>> exposing an "almost-JS" templating language

I'm not certain I would call Vue.js templates as an 'almost-JS' templating language. It is pure html. A browser could render it without any js backing it up.

I can't speak for many other template specs, but I believe Angular.js was just pure html, as well, using custom properties to perform the binding between the html and the backing js, which is very similar to what Vue.js does, in that aspect at least.