Wes and Scott dive into jQuery. Is it dead? Should you still use it? Why not? What are some alternatives?

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Show Notes

03:00

A stroll down jQuery Memory Lane
What was the first jQuery plugin you wrote?
jQuery Conference
jQuery IRC room
Ben Alman

9:00

jQuery UI
jQuery Mobile
Sencha Touch
nvr 4get where u come from

13:00

So, why is jQuery going away?

16:00

21:00

Working with Ajax
Fetch
Axios

27:00

30:00

Data / Utility Functions
Lodash
Just use Map/Reduce/Filter
Data Massaging 💆🏻‍

34:00

Cross Browser Compatability
Polyfill.io

37:00

Event Listeners
Event Delegation
Listening for events on multiple elements

47:00

Final Thoughts on jQuery
JavaScript30
The JS Foundation

Seeeaaaaacccckkkk PIX

Scott: MJML Desktop App
Wes: HyperSelect LED Utility Light

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