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In terms of language, jQuery didn't innovate in anything though. It was a great framework mind you, but there's nothing special about it that influenced the cho
by VeejayRampay 9y ago
In terms of language, jQuery didn't innovate in anything though. It was a great framework mind you, but there's nothing special about it that influenced the choices in design for the more recent versions of JS.
- Kiro 9y agoNot even querySelector?
- VeejayRampay 9y agoI think querySelector and querySelectorAll are simply more generic versions of the traditional approach of using getElementById and getElementsByTagName, but it's possible that the greater versatility of $ influenced the later design of querySelector, indeed. Then again, it was not a jab at jQuery, which proved to be a fantastic tool for a decade in the field of web development.