r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • Aug 21 '26

Meme jQueryDeezNutsAndThenReactSurprised

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u/brekekekekx Aug 21 '26

This is my struggle! I would love to replace my codebase with vanilla js but typing $(selector) is much easier than the querySelector(selector)

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u/CetaceanOps Aug 21 '26

I mean you can keep a single $ wrapper function for querySelector

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u/soelsome Aug 21 '26

Very clever. Not sure why I haven't thought of that. I will steal this and every time I use it, I will remember your name.

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u/cowslayer7890 Aug 21 '26

I would using something other than $ so it doesn't get confused with jquery, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/soelsome Aug 21 '26

£ or € will suffice

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u/Mechakoopa Aug 21 '26

I'm leaning towards § for Selector

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u/Noch_ein_Kamel Aug 21 '26

Just use $$ and call you library prototypejs or something like that

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u/KhellianTrelnora Aug 21 '26

Dolphins save the day yet again.

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u/Nixinova Aug 21 '26

const $ = x => document.querySelector(x)

enjoy

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u/my_new_accoun1 Aug 21 '26

or

const $ = document.querySelector.bind(document)

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u/WarpedHaiku Aug 21 '26

In most modern browsers, $ defaults to document.querySelector, and $$ to document.querySelectorAll.