Yes - jQuery is fundamentally a library that gives you a consistent
abstraction over the DOM (which is extremely inconsistent across browsers).
It's useful to understand how to do raw DOM development, but if you're
doing that every day then you're wasting your employer's time.

Nick

On 8 November 2011 04:49, Rey Bango <[email protected]> wrote:

> No, jQuery does not make developers lazy. Developers make themselves lazy
> by not taking the initiative to learn more. I'm a member of the jQuery team
> and I *always* preach learning JavaScript and leveraging jQuery as a
> complement to the language, not a replacement.
>
> Rey...
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Amit Agarwal <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> -1 to jQuery. Libraries make developers lazy.
>>
>> -Amit
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Jason weng <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> So, you can learn start from jQuery.[?][?][?], i think jQuery is enough
>>> for UI purpose.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> 翁建 (jason weng)
>>> Web designer, The Plant Co., Ltd.
>>>
>>> http://theplant.jp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Rohit Mehta <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, Shoulld have mentioned.. I am an Interaction Designer and need
>>>> to learn for UI purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Anatoly Geyfman <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Love the Garden, haven't come across it before, thanks for the link.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Anatoly Geyfman
>>>>> http://www.geyfman.net
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Jake Verbaten wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Read
>>>>>
>>>>> - the garden <http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden/>
>>>>> - the good parts <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do>
>>>>>
>>>>> Learn about node.js <http://nodejs.org/> then just write code, write
>>>>> more code, write more code. Write entire web applications using only
>>>>> javascript.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Rohit Mehta 
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What would be the best way to explore and learn advanced level JS? I
>>>>> know the basic..but need to go to the next level. Can anyone please
>>>>> guide me? Need help.
>>>>>
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