[TAForObvReasons]

For those not familiar with NPM or package.json specs, the "devDependencies" are generally intended for development only and are not included when you do a standard `npm install` or add it as a dependency of your own project. This starter actually has 5 dependencies: bootstrap, jquery, lodash, object.observe, and popper.js

[jessaustin]

At the very least, one might say that those dependencies lock one into a quite particular style of coding... not a "framework" but not far from one.