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HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack"

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-try-this-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I have been working on an HTML5 app for Panasonic VIERA TVs, specifically a client for the Plex Media Server. After paying $129 for the developer program, version 1.0 was submitted for inclusion in their VIERA Connect marketplace several weeks ago. After a few requested tweaks, they inquired about how the client communicated with the Plex Server. As many/most web developers do, I used jQuery and its $.ajax call (which is just a wrapper for XMLHttpRequest()). They insisted this was not standard Javascript, and after several communications with them, they replied back with "A workaround like this is considered a hack.". I'm stunned that anyone familiar with HTML would consider jQuery a hack. I've been patient in attempting to explain how jQuery works, but I am getting nowhere. Any thoughts on how I can better explain jQuery to an app reviewer? Yes, I know I can write my app without any Javascript library, but I am really hoping avoid that."

7 of 573 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Psh, jQuery. by ATMAvatar · · Score: 5, Funny

    -1 not enough jQuery

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  2. Re:Slashdot Beta sucks by M.+Baranczak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Submit it to the Panasonic app store.

  3. Re:Um, WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is the native language of a browser?

    As far as I've been able to tell, Portuguese.

  4. Re:Um, WTF? by iced_773 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Check out the code, it's amazing that it works at all.

    Are you sure you aren't trying to read the minified version?

  5. Beta looks nice by ikhider · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's kind of clean and pretty...

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  6. Beta by Jadeus · · Score: 5, Funny

    JQuery compared to Slashdot Beta:

    The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.

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  7. Vanilla.js FTW by c0lo · · Score: 5, Funny

    jQuery is a hack too?

    Vanilla.js. Have a look over their jQuery/Vanilla-JS comparison examples and consider if you really want jQuery.
    At a glance:

    Vanilla JS is a fast, lightweight, cross-platform framework for building incredible, powerful JavaScript applications.
    ...
    Vanilla JS makes everything an object, which is very convenient for OO JS applications.
    Native support for HTML5 and other cutting-edge technologies makes me keep coming back to Vanilla JS, time after time.
    Vanilla JS is the lowest-overhead, most comprehensive framework I've ever used.

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    Questions raise, answers kill. Raise questions to stay alive.