in addition to all the great comments on how to start in this area I wanted to add that you shouldn't feel bad about yourself for being frustrated and overwhelm

in addition to all the great comments on how to start in this area I wanted to add that you shouldn't feel bad about yourself for being frustrated and overwhelmed. The frontend world is a mess at this point in time. There are many options with as many camps arguing about them. There is a large amount of framework over vanilla and most frameworks yet have to mature. You probably will make a wrong choice once or twice (who am I kidding, more than twice) and curse on the trouble it brought you. Two months in another tool or framework becomes the flavor of the day and the major headlines tell you to switch. You have to consider it, but always carefully decide if you need it (because chances are another one comes along). My point is, the whole frontend scene is relatively immature. So are it's tools and frameworks. Angular2 solves major flaws in angular1. Yarn came to solve issues with npm. Gulp fixed grunt. Webpack fixed both. React... You get the point. Embrace chance. Hit your head once or twice and take the time to learn the most valuable lessons from it.