Just to set the record straight, I did not say frontend was EASY, I said it was SMALL. Small things can be hard for sure. I feel so lucky I didn't have to do FE

Just to set the record straight, I did not say frontend was EASY, I said it was SMALL. Small things can be hard for sure. I feel so lucky I didn't have to do FE dev during the browser wars, roughly from IE6 to ECMAScript6... I would have pulled all my hair out, instead it fell out on its own, which is less painful. It's just because it is so compact, that I don't get why there is not an up-to-date comprehensive guide covering _everything_ there is. So far the closest I found was "Professional Javascript for Web Developers" by Matt Frisbie. Btw. the React Beta page is also very good, if a little shallow. It tends to stop explaining things just when they are getting interesting, but I get that it's a guide for all audiences, and it would easily be twice the size if they answered all my "why" questions...