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You-Dont-Need-jQuery
Examples of how to do query, style, dom, ajax, event etc like jQuery with plain javascript.
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
But, this was a tedious task given how bare bones JavaScript and web browser APIs were compared to other programming languages. Imagine not having fetch or document.querySelector. That's pretty rough right? Well, jQuery filled in all the gaps, and then some. For some, jQuery was the standard library of client-side web development. But, that was then; JavaScript and the web has evolved.