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Why do you wish people would stop depending on jQ? I'm just curious.
by javascripter9 14y ago
Why do you wish people would stop depending on jQ? I'm just curious.
- jblock 14y agoFor one, it's heavy compared to some very simple JS and a good portion of the time you don't need the entirety of the library. That said, it does abstract much of the crap that goes along with XMLHttpRequests and all the cross-browser idiosyncrasies that go along with it. I'd say at this point it's a matter of personal preference and performance requirements.
- drgath 14y agoI think a combination of something like TinyXHR (https://gist.github.com/shimondoodkin/4706967 https://gist.github.com/shimondoodkin/4706967) and querySelectorAll would suffice for many simple use-cases on modern browsers.
- emehrkay 14y agoNot everyone uses jQuery; I don't. This should be titled 'jQuery library...'