[daliusd]

Actually jQuery or is it not framework anymore?

[wwweston]

It never was a framework; it was a better API for the DOM + some various other browser APIs -- so much better, in fact, you can get a near-framework-like productivity boost using it.

(At least at first, before it starts to matter that it's no help in terms of organizing a larger application. :)

[ahoge]

jQuery is a library for things like DOM manipulation, AJAX, animation, and events.

Ember and Backbone depend on jQuery, for example.

[shangxiao]

Agreed, jQuery is more of a toolkit that complements frameworks