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http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

by gberger 11y ago

plugnburn 11y ago
I second this. JQuery must die.
have_faith 11y ago
What do you consider a reasonable reason to build something as a jQuery plugin as opposed to pure-js? or do you believe jQuery plugins are redundant by default? Just interested.
- jakejake 11y ago
  I personally find it odd to create every component as a jquery plugin. To me, it makes more sense to write a plugin only when you're extending jquery core functionality itself in some way. As far as "extending" goes though, it's not always clear. Is a date picker extending jquery's core? I personally think not, but there has evolved an expectation that every web component must be initialized like so: $('#container').doSomething(); So I suppose a lot of people do it that way just to have a familiar look to their API, or even just to show up in listing as a jquery plugin.
  - bobm_kite9 11y ago
    Basically, this function is just an onMouseOver event, which then inspects the element and displays text from the "desc" tab in the right place. I've been thinking for a while that it would be nice if we could add events to the CSS syntax, something like: a[desc] { onMouseOver: asideFunction(); } I _kind_ of worry that this is subverting the purpose of the css, but since it also handles hover and selected behaviour, it seems like the line isn't well-drawn anyway as to where styling ends and where behaviour begins. What do other people think?
    - codingdave 11y ago
      I think that would be mixing presentation with functionality in a way that would become a maintenance nightmare.
zelcon5 11y ago
Yes, this would have been awesome without the jQuery dependency. I don't think Javascript libraries should introduce ANY dependencies, because you are limiting the audience to codebases that already include said dependency. (No one will introduce a huge dependency like jQuery for just ONE library.)

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

by gberger 11y ago

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

plugnburn 11y ago

I second this. JQuery must die.

have_faith 11y ago

What do you consider a reasonable reason to build something as a jQuery plugin as opposed to pure-js? or do you believe jQuery plugins are redundant by default? Just interested.

jakejake 11y ago
I personally find it odd to create every component as a jquery plugin. To me, it makes more sense to write a plugin only when you're extending jquery core functionality itself in some way. As far as "extending" goes though, it's not always clear. Is a date picker extending jquery's core? I personally think not, but there has evolved an expectation that every web component must be initialized like so: $('#container').doSomething(); So I suppose a lot of people do it that way just to have a familiar look to their API, or even just to show up in listing as a jquery plugin.
- bobm_kite9 11y ago
  Basically, this function is just an onMouseOver event, which then inspects the element and displays text from the "desc" tab in the right place. I've been thinking for a while that it would be nice if we could add events to the CSS syntax, something like: a[desc] { onMouseOver: asideFunction(); } I _kind_ of worry that this is subverting the purpose of the css, but since it also handles hover and selected behaviour, it seems like the line isn't well-drawn anyway as to where styling ends and where behaviour begins. What do other people think?
  - codingdave 11y ago
    I think that would be mixing presentation with functionality in a way that would become a maintenance nightmare.

zelcon5 11y ago

Yes, this would have been awesome without the jQuery dependency. I don't think Javascript libraries should introduce ANY dependencies, because you are limiting the audience to codebases that already include said dependency. (No one will introduce a huge dependency like jQuery for just ONE library.)