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Re:Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end by jenscow on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:55AM (#31435469)
Right. However, jQuery isn't just for cross-browser.

It provides a clean API for manipulating the DOM, as this site demonstrates (which is ironic): https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

Personally, for simple sites, I aim for vanilla JS but use jQuery (cash, actually) where it makes sense - such as working on collections of elements.

Re:Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end by SemanticStrengh on Thursday May 19, 2022 @11:10AM (#31435720)
for real its superior ergonomy is painfully obvious