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by neilpanchal 1283 days ago
We still use jQuery + jQuery UI on our website because it is basically battle tested through 15+ years.

https://jqueryui.com/

It is easy as hell. What's there to not like? I don't care to be called names or being old fashioned.

I also don't care about "right" tooling for frontend. As far as it works, it is robust and it is going to be around for many years, I am fine with it.
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no_wizard 1283 days ago
The JS Foundation oversees the jQuery project as a steward and has it listed as "end of life or near end of life" for jQuery UI. I'd suggest for bug fixes & security updates to quite likely look elsewhere

[0]: https://openjsf.org/projects/

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jmholla 1283 days ago
I don't think jQuery UI's move into maintenance mode is not that much of a concern. They are not the only clients.

The foundation lists jQuery under its Impact Projects which are described as:

> Impact projects are on a sustaining cycle of development, maintenance, and long-term support. These projects are used commonly in enterprise production environments and have large, well-established project communities.

> ...

> They receive ongoing financial and marketing support from the Foundation, and are expected to cross-promote the foundation along with their activities.

This seems to me like they expect to continue to support jQuery for the foreseeable future.

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yread 1283 days ago
bug fixes & security updates? That's the beauty of jQuery: you don't need those. It's done
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