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by lupire 843 days ago
What's wrong with jQuery? All my homies (favorite websites) are jQuery.
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sodapopcan 843 days ago
jQuery is still viable in many situations! My comment is directed at people who say you can't sanely build bigger things without React.
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throwaway60320 843 days ago
Sure, you do you. I spent 10 years working with jQuery and am very thankful to leave that very far behind me.

BTW: jQuery is 85.1 kB minified and 29.7 kB gzipped. Preact (same API/dev experience as React, minimal performance impact) is 11.4 kB minified and 4.5 kB gzipped. Who has the smaller JS bundle now?

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sodapopcan 843 days ago
So did I and you’re side-stepping my initial comment by responding to my response that people can use jQuery if they want. I no longer use it myself nor, btw, did I say anything about its size.
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