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by netghost 2365 days ago
You know, when you had to support ie6 and php was cutting edge, the good old days!

I jest of course, but while frontend tooling has gotten quite complex, there's a good reason. Transpiling, minifying, and tree shaking are non trivial, and pretty much a requirement if you want to build a rich client (though not everyone needs one).