> JQuery was the standard before JS frameworks took off jQuery was never a standard any more than it is now. It was popular even driving a bizarre fundamental

> JQuery was the standard before JS frameworks took off jQuery was never a standard any more than it is now. It was popular even driving a bizarre fundamentalist cult of personality worship, but that by no means makes it a standard. In technology a standard requires wholesale adoption opposed to mere frequent consumption, even if not enshrined by a document (de jure). For example there was never a time that jQuery was required in any commercial capacity either to seek employment, perform work, or deliver a finished product. Claiming that I hated jQuery during its prime didn't stop me from closing a job interview, but it did turn a few heads. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_standard * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure