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personally i think the line of code that the today's internet owes it's thanks to is: $(document).ready(function(){}); If it wasn't for jQuery, no one would b
by thrownaway954 7y ago
personally i think the line of code that the today's internet owes it's thanks to is:
$(document).ready(function(){});
If it wasn't for jQuery, no one would be programming web applications the way we do today. jQuery was THE single advancement in creating the modern web.
- sandinmyjoints 7y agoIt’s significant, for sure, but I’d probably go with XMLHttpRequest as even more significant for web apps.
- sli 7y agoI'd almost say jQuery pasting over the inconsistencies is what made XMLHttpRequest and AJAX in general the killer feature it became.
- Groxx 7y agoyea. swap out roomba routing (srsly?) and replace it with "jquery made dynamic websites economically feasible" which led to practically the entire internet becoming dynamic in some form.
- Antoninus 7y agoA big moment for me was seeing google maps for the first time around 2008. I had just finished school and knew that I had to write programs using this technology.
- HNLurker2 7y ago> knew that I had to write programs using this technology Well now you don't
- NullPrefix 7y agoI'd say jQuery forcing people to actually learn XMLHttpRequest by leaking memory on each request was a killer feature.
- NullPrefix 7y agoDownvote me all you want. https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/10824 https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/10824
- why_only_15 7y agoLooks like this is only in internet explorer and was clearly not a priority issue for anyone
- NullPrefix 7y ago>only in internet explorer Main advantage was unified experience across all browsers. >[memory leak on each request] not a priority issue for anyone Exactly my point.
- TurkishPoptart 7y agoYou're not wrong, but did this really require a throwaway account?
- thrownaway954 7y agowhy does that even matter?
- TurkishPoptart 7y agoBecause throwaway accounts are usually made by people who want to share something personal and don't want it tied to their public/internet/work persona. So it made me think you work for a FAANG where everyone has to pretend they love React/Angular/etc, and you didn't want to catch any flak for it.
- codingdave 7y agoIf you click on someone's name, it will show you their profile, and you can see that you are not talking to a throwaway account, even if the word is in their username.
- ljm 7y agoI'd go even further and say: document.write(...) The birth of Javascript in 10 days has fundamentally and permanently changed the nature of the web, in ways that nobody could anticipate. We now have technology where you can compile C++ down to a JS/HTML target, which in any other world would sound utterly mad.
- xxs 7y ago>If it wasn't for jQuery, =no one would be programming web applications the way we do today=. jQuery was THE single advancement in creating the modern web. Excellent!! You'd be surprised that not everyone agrees with the idea of browsers becoming their own micro-OS.
- handoff 7y agooh man that brings back memories... I think people nowadays vilify it just because it's cool to bash jQuery but without it, the web wouldn't be where it is now.
- WilliamEdward 7y agoI make webpages without JQuery... what's the big deal? Am I missing out on something serious?
- bootloop 7y agoThis is about history. Nowadays it's not a big deal as the browser engines and JS adapted.
- notzuck 7y agoSignificant but not in a good way. This was the start of the JS mess we have today. Simpler web pages was my hope for the web. I also quite like web pages which were an artistic expression which was way more common the early 2000's but of course the accessibility was terrible.
- davidjnelson 7y agoThat was important, sure, but cgi was way earlier.