[erhaetherth]

If you don't want to use a big framework, then you needn't use any library at all. Nearly everything in jQuery is 1 line of modern JS, no?

[masklinn]

> Nearly everything in jQuery is 1 line of modern JS, no?

Since JavaScript never actually requires line breaks, yes.

Otherwise, absolutely not. Modern web APIs remain highly statements-based, with little affordance for pipelining / cascading.

[pier25]

One line of jQuery can replace many lines of vanilla js.

[troupo]

Nearly everything in jQuery is more concise, consistent and composable compared to modern JS APIs. As this site clearly shows: https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

[colordrops]

Yes, there isn't much reason to use jQuery these days other than keeping with the idioms of a legacy system.