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I teach a course at upenn on intro to javascript. Perhaps the most useful advice I give to my students is that often the simplest tools will get the job done i.
by abhisuri97 9y ago
I teach a course at upenn on intro to javascript. Perhaps the most useful advice I give to my students is that often the simplest tools will get the job done i.e. you don't need React, Redux frontend stack because for most cases jquery will get the job done much quicker. Only worry about the frontend libraries when you feel it's getting out of hand, otherwise, the simple, straightforward tools will suffice.
- rawrmaan 9y agoI guess it depends on how you define simple. To me, React is far simpler than jQuery because of its declarative nature. It’s simple to reason about and easy to maintain and change. I would say it’s a much more straightforward tool than jQuery. However, advising them to delay state management (Redux, MobX) until needed is definitely a good idea. (Also, hey neighbor—I live right off campus)
- amorphid 9y agoI haven't coded much JS since ES5. With the improvements to vanilla JS, are there still a lot of things that jQuery provides that vanilla JS does not?
- abhisuri97 9y agoYeah vanilla js still is a pain to access the Dom with.