[colordrops]

With modern JavaScript (as in last 5-7 years) it's pretty straightforward to write sequential scripts.

[petre]

There's more to it than writing a simple sequential python, ruby or perl script. You have to write everything using async/await.

[colordrops]

async/await are dead simple. And many Node libs have synchronous versions. It's pretty straightforward if you are familiar with the language. If you aren't, well that isn't really the fault of JS nor any different from bash or python, which can both be just as painful for those unfamiliar.