[Beltalowda]

> I think of this story whenever I see jQuery popup on Hacker News. There is always a strong contingent of devs who swear by this library. But to me, they are like the old grey beard who didn't update his knowledge as the times changed. At one time jQuery allowed them to be the hero and "Get Things Done" faster than their competition. But times have changed.

Whenever I want to use "vanilla JS" I use jQuery, because I find the DOM and various other JS APIs quite annoying to work with and jQuery makes things a lot smoother. There are some other, slightly smaller, libraries too, but they offer little advantages, are often unmaintained, and many people at least kind-of knows jQuery.

Bombastic absolute statements about "greybeards" being "out of touch" etc. is basically why I tend to avoid the JavaScript frontend community by the way, and also why I moved towards backend rather than frontend. I'm too old to deal with people who think there is One True Way™ to do things and that everyone who disagrees is a blubbering idiot (not that FE JS have a monopoly on this by any means, but it's far more common there).

[dagaci]

Yes as a "greybeard" i noted first that the headline performance gain was 10% & 11% this for a team given far more time and resources to optimize for their goal than most teams or individuals dev. I raised an eyebrow at that

However devs seeking employment should always be prepared to play up to what is trending vs what is appropriate.