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[–] 0xE60@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) JQuery was just Javascript for lazy people. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StudioLE@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago jQuery was an essential stepping stone back when JS was lacking a ton of features that people take for granted these days. Sure everything could have been done with Vanilla JS but it was verbose and difficult to follow. jQuery made it possible for any developer to quickly make a page dynamic permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago jQuery was an essential stepping stone back when JS was lacking a ton of features that people take for granted these days. Sure everything could have been done with Vanilla JS but it was verbose and difficult to follow. jQuery made it possible for any developer to quickly make a page dynamic permalink fedilink source parent