> We also made the decision to not use a javascript framework for the front end, mostly because they are incredebly [sic] complex and some people suggest they a

> We also made the decision to not use a javascript framework for the front end, mostly because they are incredebly [sic] complex and some people suggest they are all terrible (or maybe great?). Not to mention that for back-end developers, the learning curve is steep and ever-changing especially when one considers the "build" process. Is it grunt, or gulp these days, or webpack, or NPM, or some Frankenstein combination of all of them?