jQuery Relevance Debate
The cluster discusses the ongoing relevance of jQuery in modern web development, debating whether it's still needed given native browser APIs, lighter alternatives like Alpine.js or HTMX, or if its convenience and plugins justify continued use.
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Probably the fact that you don't have to use jQuery if you don't want to.
jQuery is no longer relevant. If using a framework it's just unnecessary bloat.
So js was great when jquery was the dominant library...?
Why give up jQuery and learn another scripting language?
Just use jquery. In a few years jquery will be rediscovered and praised all over again.
I feel like most of Jquery has been re implemented as browser api's anyway.
Why would you need jquery today? What can it do that native browser APIs can't?
JQuery has better alternatives like Alpine.js or HTMX which are much lighter and easy to use.
Do you really need jQuery though? Pure JavaScript is viable these days.
It has been a long time since I used jQuery. What exactly is the usecase today? Is it just syntactic sugar or has it changed significantly?