Tip for anyone who's been put off building stuff with JS due to the terrifying array of build tools and packages and framework choices you have to make these days
You don't have to use any of that stuff!
A few years ago I gave myself permission to ignore it all and just use default browser environments... and it turns out to be a really fun, productive, dare I say delightful environment to work in
Now that we can ignore IE compatibility modern JS and browser APIs are really nice to work with!