Beyond jQuery

Abstract

This book is not about bashing jQuery. Although I am personally very much in favor of directly utilizing what the browser and the JavaScript language provide, the primary purpose of this book is not necessarily to compel developers to abandon all third-party solutions. This is not primarily a stage to host a competition between jQuery and the web API. I have a great amount of respect for those who have maintained and supported jQuery since its inception. I mean no disrespect to those associated with jQuery. In fact, similar arguments could be made about other libraries, such as underscore.js, lodash, or zepto.js. But the ubiquitousness of jQuery makes it the most appropriate reference for this book.