> Particularly for people new to it. I'm pretty new to it still, and boy do I disagree with this. I hadn't touched web development for about five years, prior

> Particularly for people new to it. I'm pretty new to it still, and boy do I disagree with this. I hadn't touched web development for about five years, prior experience being largely JavaScript-free after being chased well off by an employer's MooTools monstrosity, and coming to the modern JS world, with React and even Redux (though I think its APIs feel really clunky), was awesome. These tools are less "Heath Robinson" and more prove that you understand what your stuff is doing, but that's a feature--I'd rather put in the spadework up front and be more assured of it doing expected things when it runs.