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> "document.querySelectorAll(selector)" is a bit verbose Right. 35 characters. > "…but jQuery API is no better" Your jQuery example is 11 characters. I can’
by yakshaving_jgt 11y ago
> "document.querySelectorAll(selector)" is a bit verbose
Right. 35 characters.
> "…but jQuery API is no better"
Your jQuery example is 11 characters.
I can’t believe you’re using verbosity as a measurement, while at the same time claiming 35 and 11 are the same.
Does. Not. Compute.
- anton-107 11y agoSorry for confusion, what i meant was: yes DOM API is a bit verbose, but jQuery is exactly the opposite in a bad sense: it's using too few words to express too many different things.
- Akkuma 11y agojQuery uses CSS selectors, which is fairly clear if you have a general understanding of them.
- anton-107 11y agoSo does querySelectorAll, that's not the issue with jQuery API. The problem is that "jQuery" function, aliased as "$" has 9 signatures (doing 9 different things, depending on which arguments you send to it), while querySelectorAll does only one thing