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jQuery 4

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  • blakewatson
    Related: This is a nice write-up of how to write reactive jQuery. It's presented as an alternative to jQuery spaghetti code, in the context of being in a legacy codebase where you might not have access to newer frameworks.https://css-tricks.com/reactive-jquery-for-spaghetti-fied-le...
  • flomo
    Whenever HTMX comes up here, I always think "isn't that just some gobbledy-gook which replaces about 3 lines of imperative jquery?"Anyway, jQuery always did the job, use it forever if it solves your problems.
  • karim79
    Still one of my favourite libs on the whole planet. I will always love jQuery. It is responsible for my career in (real) companies.Live on jQuery! Go forth and multiply!
  • b3ing
    Nice to see it still around and updated. The sad part is I guess this means React will be around in 2060.
  • hypnot
    It's amazing how much jQuery is still used today. Even on modern websites you can often find it included (browser devtools -> jQuery in the console, and see). And not just on hobbyist sites, but on serious company websites and their web tools as well.
  • lrvick
    Everything I ever used jquery for 15 years ago, I found myself able to do with the CSS and the JS standard library maybe 10 years ago. I honestly am confused when I see jquery used today for anything.Is there still anything jquery does you cannot easily do with a couple lines of stdlib?
  • rationably
    Unbelievably, still supports IE 11 which is scheduled to be deprecated in jQuery 5.0
  • gethly
    jQuery was peak JavaScript.Good times, I'm glad it is still around.
  • chao-
    I cannot express how much I admire the amount of effort jQuery puts into their upgrade tools.
  • ulrischa
    I still love the simplicity a ajax call can be done in Jquery
  • jusonchan81
    The first time I truly enjoyed web development was when I got the hang of jQuery. Made everything so much simple and usable!
  • indolering
    I love that they support ES6 modules, Trusted Types, and CSP! The clearing out of old APIs that have platform replacements is nice to see too!
  • maxpert
    jQuery is the last time I felt a library doing magic! Nothing has matched the feelings since then.
  • NetOpWibby
    I remember being scared of jQuery and then being scared of vanilla JS. My, how time flies.Incredible it's still being maintained.
  • shevy-java
    I am still using jQuery.
  • MarkdownConvert
    Long-time user here. It served me well for years, though I haven't really touched it since the 3.0 days. Glad to see it's still being maintained.
  • yread
    Hmm maybe i can finally move on from 2.x
  • madduci
    This is huge. jQuery is still my way to go for any website requiring some custom interaction that isn't available in vanilla js.
  • netbioserror
    I was surprised that for most of my smaller use cases, Zepto.js was a drop-in replacement that worked well. I do need to try the jQuery slim builds, I've never explored that.
  • tpoacher
    still needs more jQuery
  • tonijn
    No love for $…?
  • gocsjess
    jQuery is v4 now, but a lot of sites esp. wordpress still have 1.11 or 1.12 and only uses them to either doing modals(popover), show/hide(display), or ajax(fetch).
  • maxloh
    Even after migrating to ES modules, jQuery is still somewhat bloated. It is 27 kB (minified + gzipped) [0]. In comparison, Preact is only 4.7 kB [1].[0]: https://bundlephobia.com/package/jquery@4.0.0[1]: https://bundlephobia.com/package/preact@10.28.2