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I still use jQuery regularly. It works well and doesn't get in the way. I'd rather work on a jQuery codebase written by a good engineer than a React codebase wr
by timr 8y ago
I still use jQuery regularly. It works well and doesn't get in the way. I'd rather work on a jQuery codebase written by a good engineer than a React codebase written by an average engineer, and there's no amount you could pay me to work on a Javascript codebase written by a bad engineer.
The problem you've identified is that most code, in general, is terrible. The code written by people who chase trends tends to be worse than average.
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- chrisco255 8y agoI wouldn't. React makes it hard to FUBAR a front end. JQuery makes it stupidly easy to write a spaghetti code unmaintainable mess.
- timr 8y agoReact makes it easier for bad developers to do complicated things. They still end up writing spaghetti code.
- chrisco255 8y agoYou literally can't write spaghetti code in React due to one-way data flow. That's what prevents the spaghetti. UI is a function of state and props. JQuery is an imperative DOM altering library that isn't even necessary with modern browsers.
- timr 8y agoIf I had a dollar for every person who told me that X prevents people from writing bad code, I wouldn't need to write code.
- collyw 8y ago> The code written by people who chase trends tends to be worse than average. This. Instead of learning a handfull of technologies well they learn a lot of technologies very poorly. If I am hiring I now look at it as a red flag when people have too many frameworks listed.