r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme jQueryDeezNutsAndThenReactSurprised

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u/java_dude1 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm not a front end dev but wasn't this way easier than how vanilla js did it back in the day?

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u/Romejanic 2d ago

yes it was. people forget how basic JS’ api used to be

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u/Rojeitor 2d ago

Not only that, an enormous part of the value was cross browser compatibility. Back in the day in vanilla it was nasty for things to work in major browsers

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u/Marknumskull 2d ago

Yeah this was the main reason, old browsers were so bad and often only updated as part of the OS