I think you are agreeing with sametmax's point actually. It's not "the learning curve of getting an environment setup" generally, it's more that the specific e

I think you are agreeing with sametmax's point actually. It's not "the learning curve of getting an environment setup" generally, it's more that the specific environment you're thinking about, which is part of your presumption in this statement, is harder. It is in fact extremely easy to get an environment setup if you're talking about basic Javascript and the browser -- there is no change in this from 20 years ago. You open up Notepad, type some HTML in, include a script tag and some alert("Hello world"); code in there, then double click the html file to open it on the browser. You do the same thing whether you're on Windows, Mac, or Linux. It will just work; there is nothing to install. The harder stuff is setting up a python backend to start your first web application, or creating that SPA with responsive design like sametmax said -- that stuff is the "expectation" now in modern day applications. Because the expectation is set so high, setting up the envs to make those things is harder.