One of the main things we're advocating is to consider not depending on jQuery when building an open-source project. For Offline, PACE, Odometer, Tether, and m

One of the main things we're advocating is to consider not depending on jQuery when building an open-source project. For Offline, PACE, Odometer, Tether, and many of our other OS projects (http://github.hubspot.com http://github.hubspot.com), we chose not to depend on jQuery because it means our libraries can be smaller and more people can use them. We're happy and proud to use jQuery when building an application. As many other commenters have noticed, it can be extremely useful at reducing code complexity—and let's just say it: it can make it more enjoyable to write front-end code!