From 6f926e7ca0e9b38f002371da6f2a699c1b1ac87c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devansh Patil <70676380+subtra3t@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:24:10 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Added note Brief explanation of jQuery status --- jquery.html.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/jquery.html.markdown b/jquery.html.markdown index a1673c10..18077dca 100644 --- a/jquery.html.markdown +++ b/jquery.html.markdown @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ category: tool tool: jquery contributors: - ["Sawyer Charles", "https://github.com/xssc"] + - ["Devansh Patil", "https://github.com/subtra3t"] filename: jquery.js --- @@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ jQuery is a JavaScript library that helps you "do more, write less". It makes ma Because jQuery is a JavaScript library you should [learn JavaScript first](https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/) +**NOTE**: jQuery has fallen out of the limelight in recent years, since you can achieve the same thing with the vanilla DOM (Document Object Model) API. So the only thing it is used for is a couple of handy features, such as the [jQuery date picker](https://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker) (which actually has a standard, unlike the `` HTML element), and the obvious decrease in the code length. ```js