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JavaScript Introduction to jQuery DOM Traversal Why We Traverse the DOM

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If this is intro to jQuery, why is the pure javascript forEach() method being demo'd? why not $.each() jQuery function?

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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I have two guesses.

I can't speak for the instructor, but I can think of two reasons for using forEach in this situation:

  • jQuery augments but is not intended to replace JavaScript
  • normally jQuery makes code more compact, but here it would be more verbose