Make your plain javascript objects and arrays observable with just jquery, jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/EeGkU/3/

some.html

<p>Observable plain javascript objects with jQuery (rendered with transparency.js)</p>

<ul class="items">
    <li class="title"></li>
</ul>

<p>Wait for a few seconds and watch the last item in list</p>

some.js

var items = [
    {title: "First"},
    {title: "Second"},
    {title: "Third"}
    ];

$('.items').render(items);

$(items).on('change', function() { $('.items').render(items); });

setTimeout(function() {
    var itm = items[2];
    itm.title = 'Changed';
    $(itm).trigger('change');
}, 5000);