diff --git a/static/es/services/htmlHelpers.js b/static/es/services/htmlHelpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60b9f1471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/es/services/htmlHelpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+class HtmlHelpers {
+
+  // `parseResponse` takes a raw HttpClient response and an options object.
+  // Returns an object with `element` being an contextual fragment of the
+  // HTML in the response and `ifPrefix` being the prefix that was used to
+  // "unique-ify" the ids of the received HTML.
+  // Original Response IDs can optionally be kept by adding `keepIds: true`
+  // to the `options` object.
+  parseResponse(response, options = {}) {
+    return response.text()
+      .then(
+        (responseText) => {
+          const docFrag = document.createRange().createContextualFragment(responseText);
+          let idPrefix;
+          if (!options.keepIds) {
+            idPrefix = this._getIdPrefix();
+            this._prefixIds(docFrag, idPrefix);
+          }
+          return Promise.resolve({ idPrefix, element: docFrag });
+        },
+        Promise.reject,
+      ).catch(console.error);
+  }
+
+  _prefixIds(element, idPrefix) {
+    const idAttrs = ['id', 'for', 'data-conditional-input', 'data-modal-trigger'];
+
+    idAttrs.forEach((attr) => {
+      Array.from(element.querySelectorAll('[' + attr + ']')).forEach((input) => {
+        const value = idPrefix + input.getAttribute(attr);
+        input.setAttribute(attr, value);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  _getIdPrefix() {
+    // leading 'r'(andom) to overcome the fact that IDs
+    // starting with a numeric value are not valid in CSS
+    return 'r' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000) + '__';
+  }
+}
+
+window.HtmlHelpers = new HtmlHelpers();
diff --git a/static/es/services/httpClient.js b/static/es/services/httpClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0199a8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/es/services/httpClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+class HttpClient {
+
+  static ACCEPT = {
+    TEXT_HTML: 'text/html',
+    JSON: 'application/json',
+  };
+
+  _responseInterceptors = [];
+
+  addResponseInterceptor(interceptor) {
+    if (typeof interceptor === 'function') {
+      this._responseInterceptors.push(interceptor);
+    }
+  }
+
+  get(args) {
+    args.method = 'GET';
+    return this._fetch(args);
+  }
+
+  post(args) {
+    args.method = 'POST';
+    return this._fetch(args);
+  }
+
+  _fetch(options) {
+    const requestOptions = {
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      ...options,
+    };
+
+    return fetch(options.url, requestOptions)
+      .then(
+        (response) => {
+          this._responseInterceptors.forEach((interceptor) => interceptor(response, options));
+          return Promise.resolve(response);
+        },
+        Promise.reject,
+      ).catch(console.error);
+  }
+}
+
+window.HttpClient = new HttpClient();
+
+// HttpClient ships with its own little interceptor to throw an error
+// if the response does not match the expected content-type
+function contentTypeInterceptor(response, options) {
+  if (!options || !options.accept) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type");
+  if (!contentType.match(options.accept)) {
+    throw new Error('Server returned with "' + contentType + '" when "' + options.accept + '" was expected');
+  }
+}
+
+window.HttpClient.addResponseInterceptor(contentTypeInterceptor);
diff --git a/static/es/services/i18n.js b/static/es/services/i18n.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36de73ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/es/services/i18n.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+  /**
+   * I18n
+   *
+   * This module stores and serves translated strings, according to the users language settings.
+   *
+   * Translations are stored in /messages/frontend/*.msg.
+   *
+   * To make additions to any of these files accessible to JavaScrip Utilities
+   * you need to add them to the respective *.msg file and to the list of FrontendMessages
+   * in /src/Utils/Frontend/I18n.hs.
+   *
+   */
+
+class I18n {
+
+  translations = {};
+
+  add(id, translation) {
+    this.translations[id] = translation;
+  }
+
+  addMany(manyTranslations) {
+    Object.keys(manyTranslations).forEach((key) => this.add(key, manyTranslations[key]));
+  }
+
+  get(id) {
+    if (!this.translations[id]) {
+      throw new Error('I18N Error: Translation missing for »' + id + '«!');
+    }
+    return this.translations[id];
+  }
+}
+
+window.I18n = new I18n();
diff --git a/static/es/services/utilRegistry.js b/static/es/services/utilRegistry.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..712721cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/es/services/utilRegistry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+const DEBUG_MODE = /localhost/.test(window.location.href) && 0;
+
+class UtilRegistry {
+
+  _registeredUtils = [];
+  _activeUtilInstances = [];
+
+  constructor() {
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => this.setupAll());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * function registerUtil
+   *
+   * utils need to have at least these properties:
+   *   name: string | utils name, e.g. 'example'
+   *   selector: string | utils selector, e.g. '[uw-example]'
+   *   setup: Function | utils setup function, see below
+   *
+   * setup function must return instance object with at least these properties:
+   *   name: string | utils name
+   *   element: HTMLElement | element the util is applied to
+   *   destroy: Function | function to destroy the util and remove any listeners
+   *
+   * @param util Object Utility that should be added to the registry
+   */
+  register(util) {
+    if (DEBUG_MODE > 2) {
+      console.log('registering util "' + util.name + '"');
+      console.log({ util });
+    }
+    console.log('register...', { this: this });
+    this._registeredUtils.push(util);
+  }
+
+  deregister(name, destroy) {
+    const utilIndex = this._findUtilIndex(name);
+
+    if (utilIndex >= 0) {
+      if (destroy === true) {
+        this._destroyUtilInstances(name);
+      }
+
+      this._registeredUtils.splice(utilIndex, 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  setupAll = (scope) => {
+    console.log('setupAll', { scope });
+    if (DEBUG_MODE > 1) {
+      console.info('registered js utilities:');
+      console.table(this._registeredUtils);
+    }
+
+    this._registeredUtils.forEach((util) => this.setup(util, scope));
+  }
+
+  setup(util, scope = document.body) {
+    if (DEBUG_MODE > 2) {
+      console.log('setting up util', { util });
+    }
+
+    if (util && typeof util.setup === 'function') {
+      const elements = this._findUtilElements(util, scope);
+
+      elements.forEach((element) => {
+        let utilInstance = null;
+
+        try {
+          utilInstance = util.setup(element);
+        } catch(err) {
+          if (DEBUG_MODE > 0) {
+            console.warn('Error while trying to initialize a utility!', { util , element, err });
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (utilInstance) {
+          if (DEBUG_MODE > 2) {
+            console.info('Got utility instance for utility "' + util.name + '"', { utilInstance });
+          }
+
+          this._activeUtilInstances.push(utilInstance);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  find(name) {
+    return this._registeredUtils.find((util) => util.name === name);
+  }
+
+  _findUtilElements(util, scope) {
+    if (scope && scope.matches(util.selector)) {
+      return [scope];
+    }
+    return Array.from(scope.querySelectorAll(util.selector));
+  }
+
+  _findUtilIndex(name) {
+    return this._registeredUtils.findIndex((util) => util.name === name);
+  }
+
+  _destroyUtilInstances(name) {
+    this._activeUtilInstances
+      .map((util, index) => ({
+        util: util,
+        index: index,
+      }))
+      .filter((activeUtil) => activeUtil.util.name === name)
+      .forEach((activeUtil) => {
+        // destroy util instance
+        activeUtil.util.destroy();
+        delete this._activeUtilInstances[activeUtil.index];
+      });
+
+    // get rid of now empty array slots
+    this._activeUtilInstances = this._activeUtilInstances.filter((util) => !!util);
+  }
+}
+
+window.UtilRegistry = new UtilRegistry();