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A comment on Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing? by georgedrummond on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:37PM (#12970637)
> Every other framework relies on JQuery

This just isn't true. OP mentioned React, Vue.js, and Mithril. None of these use jQuery as a dependency. Neither does Angular, Backbone, or Ember.js.

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Re:Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing? by Rumudiez on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:46PM (#12970724)
Angular 1.x uses a version of JQ Lite, and will utilize jQuery if it's already loaded on the page.

That being said, I don't think knowing jQuery is very valuable for JS developers anymore. Browser standards have come a long way and frameworks are handling your DOM writes for you, so that major use case for jQuery is gone in any website that requires substantial scripting.

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Re:Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing? by gremlinsinc on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @08:23PM (#12973350)
Really? what if you have to support legacy apps that are 100% jquery on the frontend / php on the back? It's VERY much still a thing..
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Re:Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing? by Bjorkbat on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:49PM (#12970768)
Well, technically jQuery is listed as dependency in the bower.json file for Ember.

But I think that's really only so the Ember jQuery wrapper will work properly. So you're still right.

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