"Everyone is free to choose the technology they like. Using only the latest & greatest things does not make you a better person or better or worse developer. But being kind, creative and open for ... conversations to push things forward will." foobartel.com/articles/css-i…

If you're a complete beginner starting off in JavaScript, there is nothing wrong with just learning a framework up front. Don't listen to people that say you have to master fundamentals first. You have to master them *eventually* but you need to have fun and be productive first.

I still remember looking at Facebook's "new post" text box and trying to figure out how it worked back in 2012/2013. My usual "view source" web inspector tricks that I had used to dissect just about every site I'd ever come across just weren't helping me at all.