Re:Ask HN: React or JQUERY. Which one should I learn in 2019?
by bnchrch on Friday July 20, 2018 @01:14PM
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Well this isn't necessarily an this or this situation they are two very different libraries fulfilling two very different purposes.
That being said not very many greenfield js projects in the last 5 years have brought in jQuery as a dependency and that's because (as others have pointed out) it's dated. Everything you can do with jQuery vanilla JS now does.
React is always a safe bet to learn, an amazing framework that has taken over professional front end development (for very good reasons). Some people will try to push you to Vue.js because thats the new thing (and it also is a very easy library to get started with) but if you're looking for having a new skill React can't be beat. (It still has more than 5x the amount of downloads per month than Vue.js)
However before you get into any framework make sure you know modern javascript.
Re:Ask HN: React or JQUERY. Which one should I learn in 2019?
by dbkaplun on Saturday July 21, 2018 @11:17AM
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React is a view library. It keeps the page to date with your data, much like Vue or Angular.
jQuery is a DOM manipulation library, so in a sense it is lower level than React. It abstracts the DOM implementations across browsers to provide a unified interface. It lets you do things like animations, and find element dimensions in a cross-browser way.
Today, developers are choosing React because it more closely aligns with the needs of modern webapps. Most browsers have become more standards-compliant so jQuery is not such a necessity anymore. React is a fast and readable library to keep your page up to date with your data.
Re:Ask HN: React or JQUERY. Which one should I learn in 2019?
by Pishky on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:09PM
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Both.
Hard to understand react without some knowledge of jQuery.
Also make sure you have a really good understanding of vanilla javascript.
There is no free lunch (Unfortunately)
Re:Ask HN: React or JQUERY. Which one should I learn in 2019?
by spraak on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:13PM
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Well, 2019 is still half a year away... but in any case learn both, but favor React and plain JS. i.e. only learn enough jQuery to get by - you can do most everything without it with modern JS; I only come across jQuery in legacy code.
That being said not very many greenfield js projects in the last 5 years have brought in jQuery as a dependency and that's because (as others have pointed out) it's dated. Everything you can do with jQuery vanilla JS now does.
React is always a safe bet to learn, an amazing framework that has taken over professional front end development (for very good reasons). Some people will try to push you to Vue.js because thats the new thing (and it also is a very easy library to get started with) but if you're looking for having a new skill React can't be beat. (It still has more than 5x the amount of downloads per month than Vue.js)
However before you get into any framework make sure you know modern javascript.
jQuery is a DOM manipulation library, so in a sense it is lower level than React. It abstracts the DOM implementations across browsers to provide a unified interface. It lets you do things like animations, and find element dimensions in a cross-browser way.
Today, developers are choosing React because it more closely aligns with the needs of modern webapps. Most browsers have become more standards-compliant so jQuery is not such a necessity anymore. React is a fast and readable library to keep your page up to date with your data.
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