jquery: Is Still Relevant or Is It a Product of the Past?
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If you are currently getting into frontend development, you might be confused with jQuery. It can be unclear what it does, why it’s used, and whether it's something that is still worth learning. The first version of JavaScript was developed in 10 days, so there were many rough edges. With it, you could find DOM elements with something as simple asvar element. With modern browsers, the same goal could be achieved with much more readable: request = new XMLHttpRequest; // request.open('GET', "http://www.example.org/example.txt") // request.open(function(msg)