Re: jquery and hoi polloi

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From	"Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
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Subject	Re: jquery and hoi polloi
Date	Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:47:16 +0100
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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:33:52 PM UTC-6, Christoph M. Becker
> wrote:
>
>> IMHO the biggest problem with libraries such as jQuery is that
>> they obscure what's going on behind the scenes -- even up to the
>> point where beginners think that jQuery and "Javascript" are
>> competitors when it comes to browser scripting.
> 
> If my memory serves me correctly, I think it was even advertised this
> way.

That would have been sad.

> More than once I've considered it a shame that the jquery didn't
> splinter off with its community back in 2007 when Resig was playing
> with a "compiler":
> 
> <http://ejohn.org/apps/jquery2/>

Thanks for the link -- I didn't know this.

Apparently, no browser vendor was interested in implementing support for
<script type="text/jquery">[1] -- probably for good reasons.

[1] <http://de.slideshare.net/jeresig/meta-programming-with-javascript>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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jquery and hoi polloi Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-03 08:30 +1100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-02 23:33 +0100
    Re: jquery and hoi polloi "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-12-04 21:46 -0800
      Re: jquery and hoi polloi "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-10 00:47 +0100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi danca <cyberdanny@tiscalinet.it> - 2014-12-03 00:14 +0100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-12-03 14:47 +0100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 16:44 +0100
    Re: jquery and hoi polloi Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-12-04 22:06 +0100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-12-08 18:39 -0800
    Re: jquery and hoi polloi Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-12-09 13:23 -0800
      Re: jquery and hoi polloi RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-12-10 17:00 -0800
        Re: jquery and hoi polloi "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-11 03:16 +0100
          Re: jquery and hoi polloi RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-12-10 18:37 -0800
          Re: jquery and hoi polloi Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-12-11 11:08 -0800
            Re: jquery and hoi polloi "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-11 22:52 +0100
  Re: jquery and hoi polloi Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2014-12-16 12:56 -0800

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