I think there's no reason why visual IDEs couldn't take over FE for web at this point. It's just natural for something with visual output to also have a visual

I think there's no reason why visual IDEs couldn't take over FE for web at this point. It's just natural for something with visual output to also have a visual development experience. Game engines work this way, and now with one flow state frameworks like React, the overall architecture has many similarities.