jQuery has a lot of useful things, such as a good selector engine (although can be inefficient if you abuse it), lots of easy to hook into plugins, and helpers

jQuery has a lot of useful things, such as a good selector engine (although can be inefficient if you abuse it), lots of easy to hook into plugins, and helpers such as `scrollTop()` & `$(window).on('resize', ...)`. I'm a huge proponent of Angular, but jQuery still has its utility.