> Is it just me, or is this too complicated for something that should be simple? Your problem is that what you're trying to do shouldn't be simple. For better

> Is it just me, or is this too complicated for something that should be simple? Your problem is that what you're trying to do shouldn't be simple. For better or worse the ES6 toolchain (Babel, Webpack, npm, etc) is very enterprise. It's intended for production-grade stuff where you need a lot of control. I do frontend for a living and these tools make my life so much easier. If you're just trying to build a simple web app you're better off just starting small.