Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who is still stuck on IE 11---and why?
Some corporate machines still run XP. Why upgrade what works?
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#12No love for $…?
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#13I was surprised that for most of my smaller use cases, Zepto.js was a drop-in replacement that worked well. I do need to try the jQuery slim builds, I've never explored that.
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#14Nice to see it still around and updated. The sad part is I guess this means React will be around in 2060.
there are already de facto two Reacts. by 2060, there will be five.
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#15Still one of my favourite libs on the whole planet. I will always love jQuery. It is responsible for my career in (real) companies.
Live on jQuery! Go forth and multiply!
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Backwards compatibility. Apparently there are still some people stuck on IE11. It's nice that jQuery still supports those users and the products that they are still running.
Who is still stuck on IE 11---and why?
I think anything still using ActiveX like stuff or "native" things. Sure, it should all be dead and gone, but some might not be and there is no path forward with any of that AFAIK.
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#18The first time I truly enjoyed web development was when I got the hang of jQuery. Made everything so much simple and usable!
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#20Related: This is a nice write-up of how to write reactive jQuery. It's presented as an alternative to jQuery spaghetti code, in the context of being in a legacy codebase where you might not have access to newer frameworks.
https://css-tricks.com/reactive-jquery-for-spaghetti-fied-le...