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0 pointsinopinatus9y ago0 comments

No. That site is giving helpful alternatives so that library authors can avoid having jquery as a dependency.

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Touche9y ago

They are just recreating jQuery, no?

qiller9y ago

Greenspun's tenth rule of js apps?

Drakim9y ago

You aren't recreating jQuery by using basic JavaScript syntax.

leviathan9y ago

isn't JavaScript what jQuery is written with?

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Touche9y ago

Not sure if you read the page, but many of the examples are not "basic JavaScript syntax", the fadeIn approach is a function that attempts to replicate jQuery's, probably poorly.

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0 pointsinopinatus9y ago0 comments

No. That site is giving helpful alternatives so that library authors can avoid having jquery as a dependency.

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Touche9y ago

They are just recreating jQuery, no?

qiller9y ago

Greenspun's tenth rule of js apps?

Drakim9y ago

You aren't recreating jQuery by using basic JavaScript syntax.

leviathan9y ago

isn't JavaScript what jQuery is written with?

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Touche9y ago

Not sure if you read the page, but many of the examples are not "basic JavaScript syntax", the fadeIn approach is a function that attempts to replicate jQuery's, probably poorly.

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