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Is jQuery pointless now?

It was designed to solve a problem which no longer exist (cross browser support), which now happens in JS itself. So should I even learn learn once I get to it?

29th Jul 2019, 12:57 AM
Top Notch
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If you want, just learn it to get extra xp. Whether its pointless or not, I think you just answered it yourself.
29th Jul 2019, 12:58 AM
Green Ghost
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You can skip jQuery, go to learn es6 and react.js
29th Jul 2019, 1:11 AM
Calviղ
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As Clavin said, react.js is the alternative that is better to learn now.
29th Jul 2019, 1:12 AM
[No Name]
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Is you already know about how to code in js it then why are you gonna learn it? Just for points? Then have fun.
29th Jul 2019, 5:01 AM
Aung Thiha
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jQuery is slowly declining in popularity, and eventually probably won't even get used exempt for maybe a few people here and there if its still around.
29th Jul 2019, 1:05 AM
Regulation
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Extra xp? I'm old, and only going to learn what I need to have a good code before its too late!
29th Jul 2019, 1:08 AM
Top Notch
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It is dying.
29th Jul 2019, 1:20 AM
Sonic
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Yep. The reason it was created is now fixed, and just learn react.js instead.
29th Jul 2019, 7:05 PM
Coͥdeͣrͫ
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Don't need to learn it anymore.
29th Jul 2019, 1:26 AM
itsjustmeagain Course
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Everything done in JQ can be done in JS, but JQ just takes fewer lines to do the following tasks: 1) DOM element selection, 2) DOM Traversal 3) Event Handling 4) Modify CSS 5) Modify HTML It wont hurt to learn as it can be useful on small projects, and has a quick learning curve if you already know JS but it is not necessary.
29th Jul 2019, 12:38 PM
Logomonic Learning
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I wouldn't call it pointless...you just don't really need to learn it.
29th Jul 2019, 7:38 PM
Blue Blitz Coder
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Not pointless. Just not necessary to learn anymore.
29th Jul 2019, 7:46 PM
ᗰᗩᔕ丅ᗴᖇ
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Yeah Jquery is slowing declining with its usage and it is now pointless to learn. Since Jquery can help make things work with the help of JS, there are many other frameworks available that will actually help you become a good front developer. You can first learn EcmaScript, TypeScript and then you can choose anyone from Angular, React or Vue js. This is the systematic way of learning JS framework.
29th Jul 2019, 5:31 AM
Rohan Rao
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For me jQuery is very useful. I use it in almost every my project! It's not very difficult to learn. But decide yourself.
29th Jul 2019, 8:18 PM
Иванов Григорий
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It's fine not to learn it if you're going to work for a new business/startup and you're only going to be working on new projects, but if you work with legacy systems (i.e. large pieces of software that were built some years ago) then you still need to know how to use it.
29th Jul 2019, 7:31 AM
Rincewind
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Yh, it's kind of pointless now I guess... I recommend React JS, unless you're going for more xp though 😉😊
30th Jul 2019, 5:46 PM
Ebugo_
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i plan to finish it just for xp too
30th Jul 2019, 9:24 AM
Michael David
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learn it if you have to. at my job it’s used for some projects
30th Jul 2019, 3:34 PM
John Doe
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Its not used much but very easy and helpful for DOM
30th Jul 2019, 5:14 PM
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I think it is good if you know about how JQuery works at least at a minimum level. Cause there are still plenty of web dev concepts are written on JQuery. But nowadays learning frameworks like React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js is much more relevant. And I personally think that Vue.js has a big future.
30th Jul 2019, 10:09 AM
Artur
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