> Pages like You might not need jQuery try to sell the idea that it’s easy to ditch jQuery[...]
I wasn't aware of http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/, but that's an inaccurate summary of what the website tries to do and really does it a disservice.
It very specifically says, in the first sentence on the site, that you should use jQuery for regular development - it's specifically talking about people developing libraries, and encouraging them to not force other people to load jQuery as an extra dependency, which is a very reasonable position. And I don't think it's trying to sell how easy plain JS is, as much as just giving translation code from common jQuery code to plain code, so that if you want to go that route, it'll be easier to do so!
Here, I'll just quote the first text on the page (emphasis mine):
"jQuery and its cousins are great, and by all means use them if it makes it easier to develop your application.
If you're developing a library on the other hand, please take a moment to consider if you actually need jQuery as a dependency. Maybe you can include a few lines of utility code, and forgot the requirement. If you're only targeting more modern browsers, you might not need anything more than what the browser ships with."
I wasn't aware of http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/, but that's an inaccurate summary of what the website tries to do and really does it a disservice.
It very specifically says, in the first sentence on the site, that you should use jQuery for regular development - it's specifically talking about people developing libraries, and encouraging them to not force other people to load jQuery as an extra dependency, which is a very reasonable position. And I don't think it's trying to sell how easy plain JS is, as much as just giving translation code from common jQuery code to plain code, so that if you want to go that route, it'll be easier to do so!
Here, I'll just quote the first text on the page (emphasis mine):
"jQuery and its cousins are great, and by all means use them if it makes it easier to develop your application.
If you're developing a library on the other hand, please take a moment to consider if you actually need jQuery as a dependency. Maybe you can include a few lines of utility code, and forgot the requirement. If you're only targeting more modern browsers, you might not need anything more than what the browser ships with."