>I think a development experience of put the code on the page and it runs is a lot better than configuring npm/gulp/grunt. The problem is that this breaks down

>I think a development experience of put the code on the page and it runs is a lot better than configuring npm/gulp/grunt. The problem is that this breaks down immediately for a million different reasons at any kind of scale with multiple developers, complex dependency graphs, and the need for automated testing. The tooling exists to solve real problems whether you've experienced them or not.