I guess it depends on what you're writing for.

When I made the move from native software (Windows applications w/GUI in .NET) to web applications, I found the transition to be _extremely_ overwhelming.

And for the most part, the frustration came from trying to manage setups and dependencies, and keeping up with the bazillion of packages.

I can absolutely see a beginner getting turned off by the initial process of just setting everything up, before a line of code has been typed out.