I failed to update my Front-End knowledge for the past couple of months (OK, I admit that for some aspects it could be years). But then I ended in a situation to be the one responsible for starting a new SPA project from scratch. So this was a good opportunity…

Update 2019: I wrote this article when the availability of front-end tools was overwhelming and setting up a toolchain required significant knowledge. As Babel and create-react-app are the go-to mature solutions now, I don’t necessarily agree with everything I have written here. The JavaScript environment seems like a scary place…