I've been working on something similar in Kotlin called http://kweb.io/. It works but is still pre-1.0. You can manipulate a remote DOM as if it was local to the server and attach event listeners. Feedback welcome.

I'm currently working on a website to use machine learning and game theory to allocate chores in a way that minimizes overall pain. Should have a public demo in a few days.

It's the latter. It establishes a WebSocket connection and issues JavaScript commands to execute from the server. This connection remains persistently to allow bi-directional communication between client and server.

This occurs "behind the scenes", the developer will rarely need to think about it.

This is my project, would love feedback, not just on the idea itself - but also how I go about explaining it on the site.