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The first time I saw that site, I assumed it was a joke. Seems more to me like it's trying to tell people how nice jQuery is. Who would look at that and walk aw

The first time I saw that site, I assumed it was a joke. Seems more to me like it's trying to tell people how nice jQuery is. Who would look at that and walk away with the opinion that jQuery is unnecessary?

reacweb 8y ago
I think it is unopinionated. I like it very much because it teaches how to do things in plain javascript.
ForHackernews 8y ago
The idea is that if you're building your own Javascript library, you can avoid the huge dependency of jQuery. If you're developing a user-facing app, then yeah, jQuery is still pretty darn helpful.
- 12312313 8y ago
  Its 85kb. I wouldn't say its a huge dependency. I rather keep it than having to learn an entirely new framework.
  - kaishiro 8y ago
    Are you referring to vanilla JS as an entirely new framework?
    - 12312313 8y ago
      No, of course not. Vanilla JS is a scripting language. I was referring to React.
combatentropy 8y ago
jQuery is still great for web applications. The site suggests you try not to make it a dependency if you're writing a JavaScript library. I also suggest vanilla JavaScript for simple pages that need just a smattering of interactivity.