For the most part for common tasks supporting IE10+, yes. There are still some things it will do for you that can be tedious with vanilla and arguments could s

For the most part for common tasks supporting IE10+, yes. There are still some things it will do for you that can be tedious with vanilla and arguments could still be made to use it as a dependency. But imho, it should be treated more of as an optional dependency that you use when/if you need it, rather than a cross browser compatibility crutch. http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ helped me out quite a bit as I transitioned away from using it for day to day. It's not exactly 1-to-1, but it helped ease the initial pain.