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Is jQuery still the go-to JS helper library? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by MagnoliaMayhem@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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It's been awhile since I did any frontend work. Is there something that has taken jQuery's place?

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[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hasn’t JS6 got most of what jQuery offers?

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah personally I haven't needed jQuery in years.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Same here, tbh I haven't thought about jquery in a while and kinda came in here to see if it's dead or not. Yeah frameworks have largely eliminated the "need" for jquery libraries for most projects. It's weird to think about, didn't take too long to happen.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except for animations and a few things.

[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean about animations?

Every use-case I can think about is already well supported by vanilla css/js without libraries or frameworks. (not including really out-there use-cases like game engines or image editors)

Can you give an example?

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

jQuery Effects are usually easier to work with than CSS alternatives, single predictable line with events vs multiple lines that you can't hook thing into easily. Note that I'm not defending jQuery nowadays I even void it and always prefer vanilla, but there are things on that library that are objectify easier to do.

[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

I think you're forgetting about the Animation API.

Example: making something flash once to get a user's attention

element.animate( {opacity: [1, 0, 1]}, { duration: 500 } );

Use CSS animations everywhere you can, but if you need to be able to hook into an animation (to dynamically change the speed, cancel something, sync animations together, etc...) you should be using the Animation API.

There's never a need for jQuery.