> View code in the back-end always looks like crap That's probably the fault of the people writing it. People can also write crap looking code using frameworks

> View code in the back-end always looks like crap That's probably the fault of the people writing it. People can also write crap looking code using frameworks too. > and never able to achieve the interactivity the front-end can. That's what small sprinkles of javascript is for. You don't need incredibly beautiful interactivity in every pixel.