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> Like jQuery before it, React hasn't aged well. jQuery has aged beautifully! In case you or anyone else reading don’t realize it, jQuery aged so beautifully
by yazaddaruvala 4y ago
> Like jQuery before it, React hasn't aged well.
jQuery has aged beautifully!
In case you or anyone else reading don’t realize it, jQuery aged so beautifully the APIs are now built into (or in many cases fixed/standardized in) every browser in C++.
Yes that means the downloadable version is no longer needed, but please keep in mind every time you use a selector (for those that don’t call them “selectors” anymore some basic examples: “#content” or “.dropdown”) in JavaScript, you’re “using jQuery”. Even the fetch API was roughly pioneered by jQuery’s Ajax helpers, and slightly refined and included in every modern browser.
To discredit jQuery for being redundant is exclusively a lack of knowing browser history.
- molly0 4y agoThis is a great comment!
- vagrantJin 4y agoId also add that Jquery's principle of simplifying and making JS accessible is legendary. A junior with a few weeks of Jquery can jump on a legacy codebase without much apprehension.
- kelsolaar 4y agoThanks for making the record right!
- joshmanders 4y agoNot to mention in 2022 jQuery is STILL pretty useful and relevant.