D3 can do DOM manipulation a. It's more well known for its charting (SVG) functionality. But I've used it to build tables and other data-based DOM structures.

It's not ideal for all use cases. But for updating the DOM based on changes to the data, I find it to be a useful option.

Square built and fast library on top of D3 called Crossfilter. Speed is pretty amazing when you see the data source. http://square.github.io/crossfilter/