I agree. Still looking for something that bridges that gap, to make modern web pages as simple as old WinForms.
The only web based tools that I've come across that seem to hide all the JavaScript/html, and be 'simple' are tools like Elmish, or some of the other functional programming 'DSL's. Where the page is kind of composed by functions that compile into the JavaScript. With JavaScript, by the time I'm manipulating the DOM, I keep thinking some tool should be handling this for me.
The only web based tools that I've come across that seem to hide all the JavaScript/html, and be 'simple' are tools like Elmish, or some of the other functional programming 'DSL's. Where the page is kind of composed by functions that compile into the JavaScript. With JavaScript, by the time I'm manipulating the DOM, I keep thinking some tool should be handling this for me.