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JavaScript Devs: Is It Still Worth Learning jQuery?

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-learn-or-not-to-learn dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes: If you're learning JavaScript and Web development, you might be wondering whether to learn jQuery. After nearly a decade of existence, jQuery has grown into a fundamental part of JavaScript coding in Web development. But now we're at a point where many of the missing pieces (and additional features) jQuery filled in are present in browsers. So do you need to learn jQuery anymore? Some developers don't think so. The official jQuery blog, meanwhile, is pushing a separate jQuery version for modern browsers, in an attempt to keep people involved. And there are still a few key reasons to keep learning jQuery: Legacy code. If you're going to go to work at a company that already has JavaScript browser code, there's a strong possibility it has jQuery throughout its code. There's also a matter of preference: People still like jQuery and its elegance, and they're going to continue using it, even though they might not have to.

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  1. VanillaJS Framework by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear great things about that new-fangled VanillaJS framework. Very lightweight and fast, and already more popular than jQuery.

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    1. Re:VanillaJS Framework by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

      I will admit: I looked at the page and was very interested and got super excited until I looked at the code examples harder. Well played, internet... well played.

  2. SharePoint.... by oh_my_080980980 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So yes you need it to do the stuff that SharePoint doesn't do.

  3. Re:Yes... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> Web is for video playback, reading news and blogs, Business app?, desktop

    And how long have you been out of work?

  4. Re:Yes... by dissy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Web is for video playback, reading news and blogs, Business app?, desktop, using web services.

    I thought the web was to add inline images to your gopher menus :P

  5. Re:IE 6 by Lodlaiden · · Score: 3, Funny

    $20 and I'll turn off my regression suite that checks if your site is still IE6 compatible.

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