Tagged under ‘jQuery’

I have a problem with JavaScript libraries. My problem is this: I feel that, in a way, they begin to replace actual JavaScript for new web developers. Let’s say I teach a person to use jQuery. I teach him to use the various functions, and how to use plugins. Then, I see him working on a project one day and see this code:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
	$("#hide").hide();
	$("#show").show();
}
</script>

That’s right, he’s importing 20kb of pure JavaScript awesomeness for… two lines of code that could have just as easily been done using raw JavaScript:...

When I made this site design, one of my decisions was to use semi-transparent PNGs, fully knowing that IE6 does not support it natively. Well, IE6 users rejoice, because jQuery has a plugin called PNG Fix that fixes these semi-transparent PNGs in IE6.