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Episode 034 - jQuery is DEAD
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:10:56
Publish Date: 2015-08-31 16:26:00
Description:

Lea Verou posted an article back in April titled "jQuery considered harmful"
http://lea.verou.me/2015/04/jquery-considered-harmful/

http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ (great article to show you what you can do instead of jQuery)
http://blog.garstasio.com/you-dont-need-jquery/
http://www.sitepoint.com/do-you-really-need-jquery/
http://tutorialzine.com/2014/06/10-tips-for-writing-javascript-without-jquery/

Paul Irish released bling.js
https://gist.github.com/paulirish/12fb951a8b893a454b32

So what does it all mean?
jQuery is not dead, it is still quite useful, but there are alternatives if you just want to do a little bit.
Plain old javascript isn’t that hard and it certainly is getting easier.
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