You are technically correct that you don't truly need jQuery to build sites today. That said, there's still useful jQuery libraries and example code out there,

You are technically correct that you don't truly need jQuery to build sites today. That said, there's still useful jQuery libraries and example code out there, and it's still a good experience to figure out the basics, if only as an exercise to figure out how one library works. If OP is trying to get a first web-developer job, there's fairly good chance that they'll encounter some legacy systems that use it for a first job. If this is anywhere near accurate, the usage today is still surprisingly widespread. https://trends.builtwith.com/javascript/jQuery https://trends.builtwith.com/javascript/jQuery