REST API bound simplistic and stateless frontends are easier said than done. Does anyone know a DRY way of achieving this. I like the AngularJS approach of keep

REST API bound simplistic and stateless frontends are easier said than done. Does anyone know a DRY way of achieving this. I like the AngularJS approach of keeping state(of DOM - a.k.a what the user sees) and let it flow. But still, as a Javascript noob, every library seems messy and unworkable :( Any advice on this?