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JavaScript

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Jquery

Since there is a lot of technology out there for a beginner i am very confused, is jQuery is still a thing or i can skip it and use vanilla javascript ?

i am not a fan of any frameworks like bootstrap for example, i like to use vailla things

so is it still recommended to learn jQuery or should i still with vailla javascript ? or for sass should i learn it or stick with css variables ?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I sympathize with the "purist" approach and I'm a "late adopter". I don't jump on the "bleeding edge" technologies. But there are times when practicality and efficiency require the employment of other tools, particularly ones that are well-established and stable.

It's always good to know JavaScript well, even if you use jQuery. But jQuery offers a number of features that can be extremely tedious (and verbose!) to reproduce in JavaScript yourself. Why re-invent the wheel? For example, I would never think of doing AJAX without jQuery, even though I know how.

I never used SASS on my own but now I'm beginning to collaborate with others who use it. And Bootstrap has become way to prevalent for it to make sense to not at least be capable of using it. The chances are very high that a client or employer will sometime say "we want this done in Bootstrap".