I think there's a difference between a dependency on a library, and choosing a syntax or language. If you do not rely on jQuery, or jQuery doesn't move your cod

I think there's a difference between a dependency on a library, and choosing a syntax or language. If you do not rely on jQuery, or jQuery doesn't move your code forward, you absolutely should not depend on it. You can always spin off a pluginized version. Of course, jQuery is as near a standard component as JavaScript has, so I'm not surprised to see it so often as a dependency. On the other hand, people learn JavaScript. It's the language of the web. CoffeeScript is something some developers prefer, and others do not prefer. Any CoffeeScript developer can read JavaScript, its native parent, but the opposite is not true. Therefore, I respectfully stand by my original argument. :-)