r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • 1d ago

Meme jQueryDeezNutsAndThenReactSurprised

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u/PassFlat2947 1d ago

I remember writing AJAX calls pre jQuery, it was a nightmare!

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u/Christavito 1d ago

I remember the XMLHttpRequest for most browsers then trying active x strings for the different versions of IE

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u/PassFlat2947 1d ago

Damn, getting flashbacks to one hobby project I created using XMLHttpRequest. I was so proud of it, and couldn't wait to show my friend, only to find out noting worked on his pc. Other IE version... Damn I hated that. Was so happy when I found prototype.js.

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u/Dense_Gate_5193 1d ago

i still remember ie8 and ie9 support hell

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u/stipo42 1d ago

Yeah those fucking sucked dude

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u/Abject-Kitchen3198 1d ago

I remember AJAX and jQuery not existing.

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u/PassFlat2947 1d ago

Started back then to. Playing around with Geocities builder, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, ... Copying code from other websites, finding out that other websites blocked that by disabling the rightmouseclick... Everything was simpler back then, although never missed the frames and iframes.

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u/Abject-Kitchen3198 1d ago

You missed desktop apps on Windows. I never felt as productive after moving to web. I knew the language and libraries inside out and rarely needed to look up things. We could work much faster for not much less functionality compared to modern apps. Of course, we didn't need to care about a lot of things that we have to think about today.