You know, when you had to support ie6 and php was cutting edge, the good old days! I jest of course, but while frontend tooling has gotten quite complex, there

You know, when you had to support ie6 and php was cutting edge, the good old days! I jest of course, but while frontend tooling has gotten quite complex, there's a good reason. Transpiling, minifying, and tree shaking are non trivial, and pretty much a requirement if you want to build a rich client (though not everyone needs one).