Whenever a new version of jQuery (or Zepto) comes along, I wonder what would have happened if web development borrowed a page from other ecosystems and browser runtimes had subsumed the jQuery API, shipping it natively.
It's a controversial notion, I'll grant, but what if the DOM APIs had been replaced by "native" jQuery support? Would we have been better off? Worse?
Considering the intricacies of standards bodies and industry lobbies, pondering the pros and cons makes for a fascinating exercise.
It's a controversial notion, I'll grant, but what if the DOM APIs had been replaced by "native" jQuery support? Would we have been better off? Worse?
Considering the intricacies of standards bodies and industry lobbies, pondering the pros and cons makes for a fascinating exercise.