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by rocky1138 2656 days ago
Becoming good at jquery is a waste of time, yes, unless you have inherited a legacy project built in it.

Jquery's strength was in its polyfills for older browsers for selecting elements and the like. Since it's introduction, browsers have pretty much replaced all of jquery's functionality intrinsically.
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exodust 2654 days ago
If learning a bit of Jquery (which is not hard) helps you get something from concept to client's screen faster, then it has its place.

> browsers have pretty much...

No, there's a bunch of selectors and methods that are much easier to work with, read and write using Jquery, IMHO.

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