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Re:jQuery v4.0 Beta by erhaetherth on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:02PM (#39284349)
If you don't want to use a big framework, then you needn't use any library at all. Nearly everything in jQuery is 1 line of modern JS, no?
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Re:jQuery v4.0 Beta by pier25 on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:24PM (#39284479)
One line of jQuery can replace many lines of vanilla js.
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Re:jQuery v4.0 Beta by colordrops on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:23PM (#39284474)
Yes, there isn't much reason to use jQuery these days other than keeping with the idioms of a legacy system.
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Re:jQuery v4.0 Beta by troupo on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:10AM (#39285487)
Nearly everything in jQuery is more concise, consistent and composable compared to modern JS APIs. As this site clearly shows: https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
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Re:jQuery v4.0 Beta by masklinn on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @04:27AM (#39286388)
> Nearly everything in jQuery is 1 line of modern JS, no?

Since JavaScript never actually requires line breaks, yes.

Otherwise, absolutely not. Modern web APIs remain highly statements-based, with little affordance for pipelining / cascading.

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