Why jQuery Still Isn't Dead — And Why That's Okay
I just got small online conversation about jQuery, hahaha. Every year, some developer discovers that jQuery still maintained and yet it is still installed on 73.5% of websites and immediately rushes to write a blog post about how “shocking” this is. The comments fill up with people acting like they’ve discovered some dark secret of the web. Here’s the reality check: jQuery isn’t competing with React, Vue, or Angular anymore. It stopped competing years ago. And that’s exactly why it’s not going anywhere. ...