I totally agree about actually learning javascript. While the opinion about the language itself is arguable, it's not 2006 anymore. Plain simple JS can get a lo

I totally agree about actually learning javascript. While the opinion about the language itself is arguable, it's not 2006 anymore. Plain simple JS can get a lot of stuff done nowadays and there's no point to include the whole jquery to hide a dom element or make an ajax request. In addition, understanding the underlying language opens up a lot of doors, compared to just gluing frameworks and jquery extensions together.