I'd almost say jQuery pasting over the inconsistencies is what made XMLHttpRequest and AJAX in general the killer feature it became.

yea. swap out roomba routing (srsly?) and replace it with "jquery made dynamic websites economically feasible" which led to practically the entire internet becoming dynamic in some form.

Is "roomba routing" an industry term? I couldn't find it from a Google search, but I like it.

He's just talking about how the article lists 'Roomba Routing' as a 'Line of Code that changed everything'

A big moment for me was seeing google maps for the first time around 2008. I had just finished school and knew that I had to write programs using this technology.

> knew that I had to write programs using this technology

Well now you don't

I'd say jQuery forcing people to actually learn XMLHttpRequest by leaking memory on each request was a killer feature.

Downvote me all you want.

https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/10824

Looks like this is only in internet explorer and was clearly not a priority issue for anyone

>only in internet explorer

Main advantage was unified experience across all browsers.

>[memory leak on each request] not a priority issue for anyone

Exactly my point.