[trh88]

> Any code that can be written will eventually be written in JavaScript.

Well that's a conscious decision the developer makes.

You don't need to use any of this.

If, as a beginner, you just want to write an HTML doc with some styles - that still works.

However, if as a beginner you jump into a Webpack / React / CSS-in-JS setup... well you're going to have a hard time.

Complaining that "that's the way things are going" seems to pass the buck. If you don't want to go that way, then don't!

[test1235]

> If you don't want to go that way, then don't!

You will if you want a job. Noone's hiring devs who only know html and css and don't want to learn anything else.

[yakshaving_jgt]

Brad Frost clearly doesn't want to learn anything else and apparently people keep hiring him.

[test1235]

There are the odd few, including Harry Roberts, but they're the exceptions. By and large, you're not getting into the industry knowing only html and css when (given the amount of easy-to-access online resource) it's so easy to find devs who will learn those plus more.