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Re: Should I use JQuery?

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On 25.06.2016 at 19:43, wmgill wrote:

> I haven't done anything in JavaScript for many years. I avoided it
> because of the high percentage of users who had turned it off. It
> appears that number is reasonably low, and I see no need to avoid it
> anymore as long as I make provisions for the non JS users.

I prefer to think the other way round, i.e. making provisions for
clients which do support scripting.

> I am updating an old website that I had several simple Flash animations
> that I want to replace. I always thought of JQuery as an
> over-complicated, unnecessary wrapper for JS, but that thinking may be
> wrong. So my question is, if I don't intend to have massive scripting,
> but the occasional simple function (e.g. slideshows w/links), should I
> install and learn JQuery, or just focus on relearning JS?

jQuery is a library; as such you will have to "relearn JS" anyway.  And
jQuery does not provide much wrt. ECMAScript; it is mostly concerned
with the DOM and some other browser functionality (such as XHR).  I
suggest you learn to differentiate between the language (ECMAScript) and
its host environment (e.g. a browser).

See also <http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/>.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Should I use JQuery? wmgill <wmgill@domain.invalid> - 2016-06-25 13:43 -0400
  Re: Should I use JQuery? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-06-25 20:17 +0200
    Re: Should I use JQuery? wmgill <webworker1950@gmail.com> - 2016-07-01 12:12 -0400
      Re: Should I use JQuery? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-01 13:57 -0700
  Re: Should I use JQuery? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-06-25 11:38 -0700
    Re: Should I use JQuery? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-06-25 13:04 -0700
      Re: Should I use JQuery? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-06-26 12:45 +0200
        Re: Should I use JQuery? Ram Tobolski <ramtob@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 10:00 -0700
          Re: Should I use JQuery? Ram Tobolski <ramtob@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 10:21 -0700
            Re: Should I use JQuery? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-06-27 14:42 -0700
              Re: Should I use JQuery? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-06-28 12:03 +0200
      Re: Should I use JQuery? wmgill <webworker1950@gmail.com> - 2016-07-01 12:34 -0400

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