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Jacob Murphy
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,014 PointsJquery, a dated/poor performing tool?
So alot of sources I look at online seem to indicate JQuery is becoming a thing of the past.
It's often cited as slowing down websites, being poorly implemented, and generally making other delevopmet in the back-end and front-end needlessly complex. I'm just curious what the Treehouse team has to say on this. Is JQuery really still neccessary for front-end developers to know? Has a new standard go-to library arisen that makes JQuery obsolete? So on and so Forth
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nfs
35,526 PointsHeyy Jacob, I'll definitely go through those podcasts
john larson
16,594 PointsHi Jacob, I have not personally heard any of the things that you said about jQuery. Just the opposite. My understanding has been that jQuery helps with cross browser compatibility compared to straight js. I'm curious where you heard that?
Jacob Murphy
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,014 PointsHey John, a few podcasts I listen to (Coder Radio, Talk Python With Me, lots of the software side of things) mention it now and again, so I decided to research it. There's a lot of articles online aswell about JQuery slowing down website loading times etc. etc. a quick google search of "Jquery problems" will bring up many many lists.
It could just be internet/programmer snobbery, I know. But that's why I've asked, so I know from other programmers in real-time.
john larson
16,594 PointsHey Jacob, I've been looking for a decent development podcast...I'll give those a listen.