You're missing the point, the same was true of Dojo. The point is not that scaled down is possible, it's that it's the way. It's not for the sake of learning,

You're missing the point, the same was true of Dojo. The point is not that scaled down is possible, it's that it's the way. It's not for the sake of learning, like the React with script tags tutorial. It's how people actually build things with jQuery; they just start hacking.