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Re: Foundation > jQuery ?

From Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Foundation > jQuery ?
Date 2015-05-15 07:10 -0300
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On 15/05/15 06:37, amado.alves@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks a lot guys, I'll check vanilla-js.
>
> /* FWIW I'm not a newby, but a seasoned programmer, I just wanted a
> library to help make a website, I kind of had selected Foundation
> over jQuery but then I found jQuery website listed as an example of
> Foundation and got confused, even thou this could support my choice
> of Foundation over jQuery. */
>

AFAIK, Foundation is a framework for building responsive websites [1],
whereas JQuery is a JavaScript toolkit with thousands of code lines.

Therefore, JQuery is complementary to Foundation.

Also, there are alternatives to Foundation:
<http://speckyboy.com/2012/11/05/10-lightweight-minimal-responsive-grid-frameworks/>

[1] I'm using the term coined by Ethan Marcotte in his excellent book 
'Responsive Web Design':
<http://abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design>

-- 
Joao Rodrigues

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Foundation > jQuery ? amado.alves@gmail.com - 2015-05-14 07:59 -0700
  Re: Foundation > jQuery ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-14 17:47 +0200
    Re: Foundation > jQuery ? amado.alves@gmail.com - 2015-05-14 09:48 -0700
      Re: Foundation > jQuery ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-05-14 18:22 +0100
        Re: Foundation > jQuery ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-14 21:13 +0200
      Re: Foundation > jQuery ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-14 21:12 +0200
      Re: Foundation > jQuery ? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-14 16:16 -0700
        Re: Foundation > jQuery ? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-05-15 14:31 +1000
          Re: Foundation > jQuery ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-15 09:15 +0200
          Re: Foundation > jQuery ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-05-15 09:03 +0100
        Re: Foundation > jQuery ? amado.alves@gmail.com - 2015-05-15 02:37 -0700
          Re: Foundation > jQuery ? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-15 07:10 -0300
          Re: Foundation > jQuery ? James Lewis <lewisje@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 21:36 -0700

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