Modern SPA tools require heavy tooling, which is fine but too overwhelming for a beginner. Even if the tools are easy to set up (create-react-app, next.js) they

Modern SPA tools require heavy tooling, which is fine but too overwhelming for a beginner. Even if the tools are easy to set up (create-react-app, next.js) they are thick layers, and when you start you better be closer to basics. jQuery is more basic. Besides, not every project requires single page application interface. Sometimes, you'd be more productive with server-side rendering in classic framework like Rails and Django and and a bit of JS inside $(document).ready().