it kind of boggles my mind that it wouldn't be driven by some kind of javascript MVC framework, instead using old-fashioned complete page loads to operate.
It's not like a todo list isnt the prototypical example[1] of these frameworks.
It's not like a todo list isnt the prototypical example[1] of these frameworks.
Maybe the OP built it for himself, and didn't need or want to use js.
I like it. A great little app. One that can only get better (perhaps with a sprinkling of ajax and js templating?)