It’s still not dead??
jQuery 3.6.0
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Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#12Jquery is awesome. I still use it in all my web projects.
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#13I'm a happy jQuery/Bootstrap user @ https://forwardemail.net.
The site scores ~100% on Lighthouse and PageSpeed Insights and is ranked #1.
Open-startup @ https://forwardemail.net/open-startup!
Completely open-source too @ https://github.com/forwardemail
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#14jQuery taught me how to write JavaScript frameworks. John Resig, the founder of jQuery, wrote a book called "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" was back then really a mindbender. Function.prototype.toString() is really the craziest thing I know to date regarding JS. Heavily used in earlier versions of jQuery according to the book.
Please elaborate about toString() ?
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#15Those API docs are so nostalgic.
I love the fact that they haven't changed styles in a decade. It really does bring me back to high school.
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#16I know jquery is still in use a lot all over the web, but are people still starting new projects with it?
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Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#17I know jquery is still in use a lot all over the web, but are people still starting new projects with it?
I think it is still widely adopted in CMSs like Drupal and Wordpress and they have a big market share. Jquery will not die soon even if it is not the first choice for starting a new project. It's been years since the last time I used it.
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#18Do people still use jQuery? I thought the biggest advantage of this library back in the day was css selector access of DOM nodes (back when we only had getElementById, getElementsByClassName, and getElementsByTagName). This has been rolled into the Javascript document api via document.querySelector, and document.querySelectorAll. Also there are browser compatibility issues that jQuery solved but a lot of these are so…
I use it for my landing page in countingcarbons.co
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#19Do people still use jQuery? I thought the biggest advantage of this library back in the day was css selector access of DOM nodes (back when we only had getElementById, getElementsByClassName, and getElementsByTagName). This has been rolled into the Javascript document api via document.querySelector, and document.querySelectorAll. Also there are browser compatibility issues that jQuery solved but a lot of these are so…
Every day I do.
Granted I don't so much as use it as I fix it / change it.
Anything new is just vanilla as far as the legacy systems go. But those legacy systems pay the bills...
Re: jQuery 3.6.0
#20I know jquery is still in use a lot all over the web, but are people still starting new projects with it?
Yes. It's fine for progressive enhancement of server-side-rendered webpages.