example how to render SharePoint List to App, es5

renderSharePointList.js

requirejs.config({
    paths: {
        ramda: '../Scripts/vendor/ramda.min',
        jquery: '../Scripts/vendor/jquery-1.12.4.min',
    }
});

require(['ramda', 'jquery'], function (R, $) {

     $.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'Accept': 'application/json; odata=verbose',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json; odata=verbose'
        }
    });

    //  listFields :: a -> b
    var listFields = function (url) {
        return url + '/items?$select=Id,Title,URL&$expand=&$skiptoken=';
    }

    // side effects
    var Impure = {
        getList: R.curry(function (callback, url) {
            return $.get(url, function (data, status) {
                callback({ data: data, status: status });
            });
        }),
        setHtml: R.curry(function (sel, html) {
            return $(sel).html(html)
        }),
        listUrl: function (name) {
            return window['_spPageContextInfo'].webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('" + name + "')";
        }
    };

    //  ul :: string -> jqueryDOM
    var ul = function (content) {
        return $('<ul>' + content + '</ul>');
    };

    //  li :: string -> string
    var li = function (url) {
        return '<li><a target="_blank" href=' + url.Url + '>' + url.Description + '</a></li>';
    };

    //  safePath :: a[] -> b
    var safePath = function (path) {
       return path != null ? path : [];
    };

    //  url :: string -> string
    var url = R.compose(listFields, Impure.listUrl)

    //  extractLinks :: a -> b[]
    var extractLinks = R.compose(R.map(R.prop('URL')), safePath, R.path(['data', 'd', 'results']));

    //  renderLinks :: a[] -> ~ html
    var renderLinks = R.compose(Impure.setHtml('#want-to-app .content'), ul, R.join(''), R.map(li), extractLinks)

    //  app :: string -> (a -> b)
    var app = R.compose(Impure.getList(renderLinks), url);

    // start app with list name
    app("wantToList");
});