jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by stop1234 » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 9:53 AM UTC

jQuery 3.0 Released
jquery.com

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by awestroke » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:43 AM UTC

Is anybody in the HN crowd still using jQuery for new projects?

If yes, why not use "vanilla" js?

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by emirb » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:44 AM UTC

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by _ZeD_ » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:47 AM UTC

awestroke wrote: post #2

Is anybody in the HN crowd still using jQuery for new projects? If yes, why not use "vanilla" js?

jquery api are nicer

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by maze-le » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:50 AM UTC

awestroke wrote: post #2

Is anybody in the HN crowd still using jQuery for new projects? If yes, why not use "vanilla" js?

Not for new projects, but we have to maintain quite a few old ones...

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by MichalBures » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:53 AM UTC

Here's the actual release blog post https://blog.jquery.com/2016/06/09/jquery-3-0-final-released...

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by lesiki » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 10:55 AM UTC

awestroke wrote: post #2

Is anybody in the HN crowd still using jQuery for new projects? If yes, why not use "vanilla" js?

Just last week I started a new project, injecting some firebase-backed functionality into a squarespace site, and I used jQuery.

I use it for the same reason I use lodash when I could do everything it does in vanilla js: because it's a slightly more dev-friendly API.

Much like the PHP community, jQuery's community has earned it a reputation as a hacky tool for people who don't understand where jQuery ends and Javascript begins. However, it didn't become popular by accident, and in competent hands, it still has its benefits.

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by Illniyar » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 11:01 AM UTC

awestroke wrote: post #2

Is anybody in the HN crowd still using jQuery for new projects? If yes, why not use "vanilla" js?

So far every new project in the last few years ended up using jQuery because there is always this one ui widget that does what we need and the other libraries just aren't there yet and its not worth the hassle of reimplementing or extending a different library just to not use jQuery.

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by eng_monkey » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 11:01 AM UTC

emirb wrote: post #3

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

A good example of why I will continue using jQuery for the time being.

Re: jQuery 3.0 Released

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Post by cyphar » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 11:04 AM UTC

emirb wrote: post #3

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

To me, all of the JQuery examples are much nicer to read and write. Sure, you can use raw JS, but why copy annoying boilerplate? (I'm not a JS dev, so I don't have a dog in this fight).