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jQuery to me was always meant as a DOM manipulation library. It didn't fall behind per se, it's just that browsers became good enough and standard enough that y
by jdavis703 10y ago
jQuery to me was always meant as a DOM manipulation library. It didn't fall behind per se, it's just that browsers became good enough and standard enough that you no longer needed this type of tool. I think it would have been a huge mistake for jQUery to have attempted to become a Backbone, Angular or React, because it really was never meant for building web apps (of course you could still use jQuery in Backbone and Angular, and in fact those projects kind of assumed you were using it, or at least something that was API compatible).
- ofcapl_ 10y agoyup, I've also always used jQuery for ajax requests - a lot simpler/quicker/less-line-er for development than defining plain xhr requests
- aindhaden 10y ago> it would have been a huge mistake for jQUery to have attempted to become a Backbone, Angular or React What would you call jQuery UI?
- jdavis703 10y agojQuery UI was a set of UI components, not an application framework that attempted to handle state and UI views in a coordinated fashion.