Assigning behavior, events, and handlers from server side code only in node.js?

I am used to a web UI programming model from Wicket, etc that allows you to define server-side behavior/event-handlers that are called when the user triggers an event on the client, with little or no client-side javascript in the markup.

These handlers are bound to the markup via the element id (in Wicket's case wicket:id). Simplified code would look something like this:

Scala:

add(new AjaxLink("mylink") {
   override def onClick(target: AjaxRequestTarget) {
     service.doSomething()
   }
}

Template:

<a wicket:id="mylink">Click Me</a>

HTML rendered to client:

<a id="mylink" onclick="some-generated-ajax-call()">Click Me</a>

Is this approach possible in node.js or a related library? Is it clear what I'm asking?

The only examples I've seen focus on server-side request handlers, and I'm left with the impression folks need to hand-code ajax-calls, event-handlers, etc that call these server-side paths in the template with jQuery, etc.

The benefit is the template needs no logic, and is very easy to refactor, and you can give it to a web designer who knows nothing about the server-side logic or calls.