Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Is jQuery Dead?
Mar 28, 2018
01:03:37
Wes and Scott dive into jQuery. Is it dead? Should you still use it? Why not? What are some alternatives?
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Show Notes03:00
- A stroll down jQuery Memory Lane
- What was the first jQuery plugin you wrote?
- jQuery Conference
- jQuery IRC room
- Ben Alman
9:00
- jQuery UI
- jQuery Mobile
- Sencha Touch
- nvr 4get where u come from
13:00
- So, why is jQuery going away?
16:00
- The Selector API
- Sizzle
- Bling.js
- querySelectorAll Docs
21:00
27:00
- Dom Traversal
- Element.matches()
- You don't need jQuery
30:00
- Data / Utility Functions
- Lodash
- Just use Map/Reduce/Filter
- Data Massaging 💆🏻
34:00
- Cross Browser Compatability
- Polyfill.io
37:00
- Event Listeners
- Event Delegation
- Listening for events on multiple elements
47:00
- Final Thoughts on jQuery
- JavaScript30
- The JS Foundation
- Scott: MJML Desktop App
- Wes: HyperSelect LED Utility Light
- Scott's Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes' Instagram
- Wes' Twitter
- Wes' Facebook
- Scott's Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets