Are there any alternatives to something like backbone.js out there that provides some framework/structure to your front end javascript - but don\'t have any unwanted dependencie
I know this is a few days old now, as well as a shameless plug - but I am the author of AFrameJS, which plays well with jQuery. There are a lot of docs there, also some on shanetomlinson.com. The source is on GitHub. K Ivanov already mentioned JavascriptMVC, and then there is KnockoutJS. Ext, is a library that would replace jQuery, but is also an MVC library that contains a ton of pre-built widgets. There are a ton to choose from - a very good thing.