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jQuery's API is a whole lot easier to use than native APIs. Just take a look at this site: http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
by vatotemking 12y ago
jQuery's API is a whole lot easier to use than native APIs. Just take a look at this site: http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
the jQuery code is much more concise. This is understandable because jQuery is a middleware built on top of the native API's.
Point is: Unless the native API can address the "saves time and effort" part, people will stick to jQuery (or coffescript or typescript).