[redroot]

I'm interested to hear what the opinion on jQuery are like these days. Even if it's a little unglamorous, this is the perfect use case - a one-off project where you have needs for cross-browser animation, resizing, DOM manip, and where something like React might be overkill, even if feasible. CSS animations might be an alternative but it depends on audience browser breakdown.

[trevz]

Have to admit - we were a bit nervous about telling the world we used jQuery for this. ;) But it still has its place IMHO.

[RealCodeBeard]

I will admit something too then, I am not a JQuery fan but I can't fault your use of it here. Right tool, right job. I would still prefer to use my favourite 'only the bits I need' MooTools - but alas, fashion wins ;)