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I prefer jQuery syntax than javascript. It's the only thing I miss about jQuery. I also think there's a lot of people still using jQuery simply because they're
by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
I prefer jQuery syntax than javascript. It's the only thing I miss about jQuery.
I also think there's a lot of people still using jQuery simply because they're scared of SPAs, the learning curve involved and how they basically change the role of a front end dev to more of a fullstack dev.
I once considered myself a front end dev but these days I'm using SPAs, running NodeJS, pulling & managing data from REST APIs, sending / retrieving stuff from a database, managing NoSQL database, using serverless functions, working with websockets and GraphQL etc..
Am I still considered a front end developer? Because I know front end developers who still carve a living out of HTML / CSS / jQuery alone. They'd be toast when it comes to present day job interviews for example for front end positions. It just seems like we need to split 'front end developer' in to about 3 or 4 levels to better represent people's skillset / what's expected of them.
- macca321 7y agoThere's a huge element when working with SPA developers of reinventing the wheels that the browser and HTTP provide.
- dajonker 7y agoI'm not necessarily scared of SPAs (I actually work with React myself), but I do believe them to be overkill in lots of cases. One nice thing about them is you can enforce a hard boundary between frontend and backend. Although with some discipline you could do the same with a single backend framework.