Well its actually function calls that look like markup language. Which is why you can write the function calls yourself if you hate it.

Me too, so last week I created gulp-pug-hyperscript to compile Pug/Jade templates to Hyperscript [1].

In order to completely avoid JS in the markup, event binding must be done outside of the markup. I do this by using event delegation rather than binding directly to elements.

[1]: https://github.com/nextorigin/gulp-pug-hyperscript

Agreed. Please tell me there's another syntax for this. Please don't tell me that we're stuck with this sad relic of the past.