> I've come to loath web frontend development. Well, we don't have to do things this way just because everybody else does... developing "vanilla" Javascript is

> I've come to loath web frontend development. Well, we don't have to do things this way just because everybody else does... developing "vanilla" Javascript is actually a pleasure especially with tools like Chrome's debugger. In my experience, front-end "frameworks" like Angular and React provide very little value and tons of unnecessary overhead.