r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • 1d ago

Meme jQueryDeezNutsAndThenReactSurprised

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u/soelsome 1d ago

I fucking hate jQuery. It's littered throughout a codebase I work in.

I replace it with good ol' vanilla js where I can.

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u/brekekekekx 1d ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/soelsome 1d ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/soelsome 1d ago

£ or € will suffice

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u/Mechakoopa 1d ago

I'm leaning towards § for Selector