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I hate that these guys have to justify using jQuery. Too many of you have been seduced by all these bullshit javascript stacks that just add a seemingly infinit

I hate that these guys have to justify using jQuery. Too many of you have been seduced by all these bullshit javascript stacks that just add a seemingly infinite amount of complexity to something that is already almost too complicated.

danielovichdk 3y ago
Amen!
dartos 3y ago
Ah, jQuery, that cute little artifact from web development's stone age, where manipulating the DOM directly was the height of innovation. How quaint it seems now, in the shining era of React, where state management is not just a task but, once it gets its hooks in you, evolves to a transcendent experience. To cling to jQuery is like insisting on using a typewriter in a world of voice-to-text AI, but adorably obsolete. React, with its majestic state orchestration, makes jQuery's efforts look like child's play. It's like comparing the glow of a firefly to the brilliance of a laser beam. Truly, we React devotees can only chuckle at the notion of jQuery, for we have tasted the future, and its name has and always will be React. /s
- lioeters 3y ago
  > state management..gets its hooks in you Pun appreciated.
ent101 3y ago
Yes, I've been asked why we use jQuery many times so I had to put it in the FAQ. I think we have solid reasons for it but it is controversial sometimes.
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saidinesh5 3y ago
Does jQuery by itself offer any value these days compared to plain Javascript though? I was under the impression jQuery was for the IE5 days where not all browsers provided the same javascript APIs and doing an xmlhttprequest was more clunky than doing a fetch() call these days. At least for my personal Jekyll based blog, I was able to replace 40-45 lines of jQuery with 50 lines of plain Javascript and was able to get rid of 33kb of jquery dependency.
- QuadrupleA 3y ago
  jQuery is still great. Just take this site (which is ironically arguing the opposite viewpoint) https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ and notice how all the "modern" (tech's vaguest and most meaningless adjective) code is 2-3x as verbose and complicated. And 33kb, you can probably gain that by changing your jpeg compresion level from 80 to 79.
niels_bom 3y ago
I think there are valuable positions to take in between “let’s manipulate the DOM by hand” and “React Server Components, NextJS and the kitchen sink”. I personally think there’s great value in the pattern of reactivity where parts of your DOM update based on bits of data. Developing, designing and testing components like this becomes way simpler.

danielovichdk 3y ago

Amen!

dartos 3y ago

Ah, jQuery, that cute little artifact from web development's stone age, where manipulating the DOM directly was the height of innovation. How quaint it seems now, in the shining era of React, where state management is not just a task but, once it gets its hooks in you, evolves to a transcendent experience. To cling to jQuery is like insisting on using a typewriter in a world of voice-to-text AI, but adorably obsolete. React, with its majestic state orchestration, makes jQuery's efforts look like child's play. It's like comparing the glow of a firefly to the brilliance of a laser beam. Truly, we React devotees can only chuckle at the notion of jQuery, for we have tasted the future, and its name has and always will be React. /s

lioeters 3y ago
> state management..gets its hooks in you Pun appreciated.

ent101 3y ago

Yes, I've been asked why we use jQuery many times so I had to put it in the FAQ. I think we have solid reasons for it but it is controversial sometimes.

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saidinesh5 3y ago

Does jQuery by itself offer any value these days compared to plain Javascript though? I was under the impression jQuery was for the IE5 days where not all browsers provided the same javascript APIs and doing an xmlhttprequest was more clunky than doing a fetch() call these days. At least for my personal Jekyll based blog, I was able to replace 40-45 lines of jQuery with 50 lines of plain Javascript and was able to get rid of 33kb of jquery dependency.

QuadrupleA 3y ago
jQuery is still great. Just take this site (which is ironically arguing the opposite viewpoint) https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ and notice how all the "modern" (tech's vaguest and most meaningless adjective) code is 2-3x as verbose and complicated. And 33kb, you can probably gain that by changing your jpeg compresion level from 80 to 79.

niels_bom 3y ago

I think there are valuable positions to take in between “let’s manipulate the DOM by hand” and “React Server Components, NextJS and the kitchen sink”. I personally think there’s great value in the pattern of reactivity where parts of your DOM update based on bits of data. Developing, designing and testing components like this becomes way simpler.