jQuery, because it's a bless when developing web apps.

Ugh... Just to think of it makes me sweat

@Torbuntu Very true :)

@happycrappie I know, that was my reaction too when I first started using jQuery. It wasn't love at first sight, but now I can't imagine life without jQuery.

@TerriToniAX I acknowledge its power... I've just had to Refactor too much shitty code

@TerriToniAX been there, thought that. But, really, you don't need jQuery.

@jordinebot What do you suggest I'd need instead?

@TerriToniAX First of all, I didn't mean to be rude. If jQuery gets the job done for you, then use jQuery. But, since you asked, I'd say: most uses of jQuery are DOM nodes selection, class & attributes manipulation, Ajax calls & animations.

When I was using jQuery, a couple of years ago, I thought $ saved me a lot of time and keystrokes, but in fact, it didn't.

+For DOM selection:
$(selector) can be replaced by document.querySelector(selector) or document.querySelectorAll(selector)

+For class & attr. manipulation:
$node.addClass('class') is the same as node.classList.add('class')

$node.attr('id', 'newId') is equal to node.id = newId

$node.is(':checked') equals node.checked

+For Ajax: Take a look at: https://blog.garstasio.com/you-dont...

+$.animate() can be replaced by CSS animations + proper class manipulation.

Also, even if you don't want to overkill things with Angular or React, take a look at Vue.js https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/

:)

@jordinebot It's cool, I didn't think you were rude :) Yep, all that jQuery does can of course be done with traditional Javascript. But I still find that jQuery comes in handy, that it saves me typing and that my code looks better with it than without it. Thanks for the tip, I'll definitively have a look at Vue.js.

@TerriToniAX Take a look at this screencast https://laracasts.com/series/... for a great first approach to Vue

@jordinebot Thanks, vue.js is really cool! :)