"Benguella predicts a shift in the WordPress development community, as JavaScript skills become essential for extending core’s rapidly evolving JS-based UI."

Don't get me wrong - I love modern application development with an API first approach. VueJs has allowed me to do some pretty clever things.

However, the shift from tinkering with libraries such as jQuery (which most WP devs can comfortably say they use) to use a framework such as React or Vue is a huge change and to self-teach is a very long and frustrating process.

The beauty of WordPress was that it provided an accessible playground for people who wanted to try their hand at programming and extend their skills in a forgiving environment. Of course, this has led to some shocking code in plugins, but it is what made getting into web development fun. In fact, it's what kicked-started my career all those years ago.

Now that we're reaching a point of Docker installs, dependencies, compiling and so on we moved past a place where beginners can get involved with WordPress. The base level requirements of knowledge are pretty extreme. It's sad to see.