You Don't Need jQuery (anymore)

26 Dec 2014 • blog.garstasio.com

jQuery makes everything easier. You can’t develop a solid web app without it. It’s far too difficult to ensure your app will work properly in all browsers without jQuery - the Web API implementation varies wildly between browsers. All the good plug-ins I need depend on jQuery anyway.

I bought into the execues above, for most of my career. And some of them were even good excuses, at one time.

I remember switching from Prototype to jQuery a few years back. Is it really time to now say goodbye to good old jQuery? Looks like this series is going to be a great read in any case - particularly if you aren’t that familiar with the actual native DOM methods. Never a better time to learn.