[ckuhl]

And yet, what is harder to attain and yet more necessary than the knowledge and impetus to implement such a project?

It may not be necessary, but the specific tools are't the part that are necessary.

[tomstoms]

It’s interesting that proponents of a simpler web argue in favor of Jquery for a use case where jquery is in fact very easy to live without. One would almost think dogmatic thinking is involved.

[gaius_baltar]

> It’s interesting that proponents of a simpler web argue in favor of Jquery for a use case where jquery is in fact very easy to live without. One would almost think dogmatic thinking is involved.

But to do without it, you will end up rewriting the shortcuts and utility functions that JQuery provides, effectively recreating a project-specific, less-tested and less-supported JQuery.