jQuery and its cousins are great, and by all means use them if it makes it easier to develop your application.
If you're developing a library on the other hand, please take a moment to consider if you actually need jQuery as a dependency. Maybe you can include a few lines of utility code, and forgo the requirement. If you're only targeting more modern browsers, you might not need anything more than what the browser ships with.
At the very least, make sure you know what jQuery is doing for you, and what it's not. Some developers believe that jQuery is protecting us from a great demon of browser incompatibility when, in truth, post-IE8, browsers are pretty easy to deal with on their own.
$.getJSON('/my/url', function(data) {
});
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState === 4) {
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
// Success!
var data = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
} else {
// Error :(
}
}
};
request.send();
request = null;
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onload = function() {
if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
// Success!
var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error
}
};
request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
};
request.send();
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onload = function() {
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
// Success!
var data = JSON.parse(this.response);
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error
}
};
request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
};
request.send();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '/my/url',
data: data
});
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', '/my/url', true);
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
request.send(data);
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: '/my/url',
success: function(resp) {
},
error: function() {
}
});
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState === 4) {
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
// Success!
var resp = this.responseText;
} else {
// Error :(
}
}
};
request.send();
request = null;
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onload = function() {
if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
// Success!
var resp = request.responseText;
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error
}
};
request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
};
request.send();
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);
request.onload = function() {
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
// Success!
var resp = this.response;
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error
}
};
request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
};
request.send();
$(el).fadeIn();
function fadeIn(el) {
var opacity = 0;
el.style.opacity = 0;
el.style.filter = '';
var last = +new Date();
var tick = function() {
opacity += (new Date() - last) / 400;
el.style.opacity = opacity;
el.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + (100 * opacity)|0 + ')';
last = +new Date();
if (opacity < 1) {
(window.requestAnimationFrame && requestAnimationFrame(tick)) || setTimeout(tick, 16);
}
};
tick();
}
fadeIn(el);
function fadeIn(el) {
el.style.opacity = 0;
var last = +new Date();
var tick = function() {
el.style.opacity = +el.style.opacity + (new Date() - last) / 400;
last = +new Date();
if (+el.style.opacity < 1) {
(window.requestAnimationFrame && requestAnimationFrame(tick)) || setTimeout(tick, 16)
}
};
tick();
}
fadeIn(el);
el.classList.add('show');
el.classList.remove('hide');
.show {
transition: opacity 400ms;
}
.hide {
opacity: 0;
}
$(el).addClass(className);
if (el.classList)
el.classList.add(className);
else
el.className += ' ' + className;
el.classList.add(className);
$(el).children();
var children = [];
for (var i = el.children.length; i--;) {
// Skip comment nodes on IE8
if (el.children[i].nodeType != 8)
children.unshift(el.children[i]);
}
el.children
$(selector).each(function(i, el){
});
function forEachElement(selector, fn) {
var elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
fn(elements[i], i);
}
forEachElement(selector, function(el, i){
});
var elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){
});
$(el).empty();
while(el.firstChild)
el.removeChild(el.firstChild);
el.innerHTML = '';
$(selector).filter(filterFn);
function filter(selector, filterFn) {
var elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
var out = [];
for (var i = elements.length; i--;) {
if (filterFn(elements[i]))
out.unshift(elements[i]);
}
return out;
}
filter(selector, filterFn);
Array.prototype.filter.call(document.querySelectorAll(selector), filterFn);
$('.my #awesome selector');
document.querySelectorAll('.my #awesome selector');
$(el).css(ruleName);
// Varies based on the properties being retrieved, some can be retrieved from el.currentStyle
// https://github.com/jonathantneal/Polyfills-for-IE8/blob/master/getComputedStyle.js
getComputedStyle(el)[ruleName];
$(el).hasClass(className);
if (el.classList)
el.classList.contains(className);
else
new RegExp('(^| )' + className + '( |$)', 'gi').test(el.className);
el.classList.contains(className);
$(el).is('.my-class');
var matches = function(el, selector) {
var _matches = (el.matches || el.matchesSelector || el.msMatchesSelector || el.mozMatchesSelector || el.webkitMatchesSelector || el.oMatchesSelector);
if (_matches) {
return _matches.call(el, selector);
} else {
var nodes = el.parentNode.querySelectorAll(selector);
for (var i = nodes.length; i--;) {
if (nodes[i] === el)
return true;
}
return false;
}
};
matches(el, '.my-class');
var matches = function(el, selector) {
return (el.matches || el.matchesSelector || el.msMatchesSelector || el.mozMatchesSelector || el.webkitMatchesSelector || el.oMatchesSelector).call(el, selector);
};
matches(el, '.my-class');
$(el).next();
// nextSibling can include text nodes
function nextElementSibling(el) {
do { el = el.nextSibling; } while ( el && el.nodeType !== 1 );
return el;
}
el.nextElementSibling || nextElementSibling(el);
el.nextElementSibling
$(el).offset();
var rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
{
top: rect.top + document.body.scrollTop,
left: rect.left + document.body.scrollLeft
}
$(el).outerHeight(true);
function outerHeight(el) {
var height = el.offsetHeight;
var style = el.currentStyle || getComputedStyle(el);
height += parseInt(style.marginTop) + parseInt(style.marginBottom);
return height;
}
outerHeight(el);
function outerHeight(el) {
var height = el.offsetHeight;
var style = getComputedStyle(el);
height += parseInt(style.marginTop) + parseInt(style.marginBottom);
return height;
}
outerHeight(el);
$(el).outerWidth(true);
function outerWidth(el) {
var width = el.offsetWidth;
var style = el.currentStyle || getComputedStyle(el);
width += parseInt(style.marginLeft) + parseInt(style.marginRight);
return width;
}
outerWidth(el);
function outerWidth(el) {
var width = el.offsetWidth;
var style = getComputedStyle(el);
width += parseInt(style.marginLeft) + parseInt(style.marginRight);
return width;
}
outerWidth(el);
var offset = el.offset();
{
top: offset.top - document.body.scrollTop,
left: offset.left - document.body.scrollLeft
}
el.getBoundingClientRect()
$(el).prev();
// prevSibling can include text nodes
function previousElementSibling(el) {
do { el = el.previousSibling; } while ( el && el.nodeType !== 1 );
return el;
}
el.previousElementSibling || previousElementSibling(el);
el.previousElementSibling
$(el).removeClass(className);
if (el.classList)
el.classList.remove(className);
else
el.className = el.className.replace(new RegExp('(^|\\b)' + className.split(' ').join('|') + '(\\b|$)', 'gi'), ' ');
el.classList.remove(className);
$(el).css('border-width', '20px');
// Use a class if possible
el.style.borderWidth = '20px';
$(el).text(string);
if (el.textContent !== undefined)
el.textContent = string;
else
el.innerText = string;
el.textContent = string;
$(el).siblings();
var siblings = Array.prototype.slice.call(el.parentNode.children);
for (var i = siblings.length; i--;) {
if (siblings[i] === el) {
siblings.splice(i, 1);
break;
}
}
Array.prototype.filter.call(el.parentNode.children, function(child){
return child !== el;
});
$(el).toggleClass(className);
if (el.classList) {
el.classList.toggle(className);
} else {
var classes = el.className.split(' ');
var existingIndex = -1;
for (var i = classes.length; i--;) {
if (classes[i] === className)
existingIndex = i;
}
if (existingIndex >= 0)
classes.splice(existingIndex, 1);
else
classes.push(className);
el.className = classes.join(' ');
}
if (el.classList) {
el.classList.toggle(className);
} else {
var classes = el.className.split(' ');
var existingIndex = classes.indexOf(className);
if (existingIndex >= 0)
classes.splice(existingIndex, 1);
else
classes.push(className);
el.className = classes.join(' ');
}
el.classList.toggle(className);
$(el).off(eventName, eventHandler);
function removeEventListener(el, eventName, handler) {
if (el.removeEventListener)
el.removeEventListener(eventName, handler);
else
el.detachEvent('on' + eventName, handler);
}
removeEventListener(el, eventName, handler);
el.removeEventListener(eventName, eventHandler);
$(el).on(eventName, eventHandler);
function addEventListener(el, eventName, handler) {
if (el.addEventListener) {
el.addEventListener(eventName, handler);
} else {
el.attachEvent('on' + eventName, function(){
handler.call(el);
});
}
}
addEventListener(el, eventName, handler);
el.addEventListener(eventName, eventHandler);
$(document).ready(function(){
});
function ready(fn) {
if (document.readyState != 'loading'){
fn();
} else if (document.addEventListener) {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', fn);
} else {
document.attachEvent('onreadystatechange', function() {
if (document.readyState != 'loading')
fn();
});
}
}
function ready(fn) {
if (document.readyState != 'loading'){
fn();
} else {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', fn);
}
}
$(el).trigger('my-event', {some: 'data'});
// Custom events are not natively supported, so you have to hijack a random
// event.
//
// Just use jQuery.
if (window.CustomEvent) {
var event = new CustomEvent('my-event', {detail: {some: 'data'}});
} else {
var event = document.createEvent('CustomEvent');
event.initCustomEvent('my-event', true, true, {some: 'data'});
}
el.dispatchEvent(event);
$(el).trigger('change');
if (document.createEvent) {
var event = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
event.initEvent('change', true, false);
el.dispatchEvent(event);
} else {
el.fireEvent('onchange');
}
// For a full list of event types: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.createEvent
var event = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
event.initEvent('change', true, false);
el.dispatchEvent(event);
$.each(array, function(i, item){
});
function forEach(array, fn) {
for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
fn(array[i], i);
}
forEach(array, function(item, i){
});
array.forEach(function(item, i){
});
$.extend(true, {}, objA, objB);
var deepExtend = function(out) {
out = out || {};
for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var obj = arguments[i];
if (!obj)
continue;
for (var key in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
if (typeof obj[key] === 'object')
deepExtend(out[key], obj[key]);
else
out[key] = obj[key];
}
}
}
return out;
};
deepExtend({}, objA, objB);
$.extend({}, objA, objB);
var extend = function(out) {
out = out || {};
for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
if (!arguments[i])
continue;
for (var key in arguments[i]) {
if (arguments[i].hasOwnProperty(key))
out[key] = arguments[i][key];
}
}
return out;
};
extend({}, objA, objB);
$.inArray(item, array);
function indexOf(array, item) {
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i] === item)
return i;
}
return -1;
}
indexOf(array, item);
array.indexOf(item);
$.isArray(arr);
isArray = Array.isArray || function(arr) {
return Object.prototype.toString.call(arr) == '[object Array]';
}
isArray(arr);
Array.isArray(arr);
$.map(array, function(value, index){
});
function map(arr, fn) {
var results = [];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
results.push(fn(arr[i], i));
return results;
}
map(array, function(value, index){
});
array.map(function(value, index){
});
$.parseHTML(htmlString);
var parseHTML = function(str) {
var el = document.createElement('div');
el.innerHTML = str;
return el.children;
};
parseHTML(htmlString);
var parseHTML = function(str) {
var tmp = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument();
tmp.body.innerHTML = str;
return tmp.body.children;
};
parseHTML(htmlString);
$.type(obj);
Object.prototype.toString.call(obj).replace(/^\[object (.+)\]$/, "$1").toLowerCase();