Web Rush

Episode 186: Hey Siri, What's Up with JQuery? Part 1

Episode Summary

In part 1 of a 2 part series, John, Ward, and Craig talk through the history of jQuery, what it was used for, and why it's no longer used as the go to in web development the way it once was.

Episode Notes

Recording date: May 12, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• JQuery
• Difference between jquery and JavaScript
• jQuery Tips and Tricks Pluralsight course
• jQuery Getting Started
• Pet Rock
• John Resig
• jQuery on Twitter
• The Story of jQuery, the thread
• jQuery is Ta’Veren
• HTML5
• HTML4 and 5 differences
• Document Object Model (DOM)
• Modernizr
• The Web Standards Project
• The History of the Web Browser
• John Resig on Twitter
• Zepto
• Jquery file sizes

Timejumps

• 00:53 What do you think of jQuery these days?
• 02:57 What is jQuery?
• 06:44 What did jQuery do for you?
• 10:38 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 11:42 What jQuery did for Craig
• 13:44 What was Modernizr?
• 18:01 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 19:03 Are we using jQuery today?
• 21:32 What's wrong with jQuery?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.