Honestly no. Developer would not be paid as much as they(we) are if these things were neither easy nor time-consuming. And yes, a lot of learning development is

Honestly no. Developer would not be paid as much as they(we) are if these things were neither easy nor time-consuming. And yes, a lot of learning development is the latter. That's why the idea, still pushed as some collages "if you know one coding language, you know them all" is so stupid. In the real world you're not a "X language" developer. If you want to be really good/charge a lot you have to be "X framework" developer. It's insane how quickly and well one can code when you really "get" on the mainstream frameworks. The designers really did a fantastic job. But it takes a while to learn.