▲ Going raw : how I switched from jQuery to raw JavaScript at medium.com▼4 up and 0 down, posted by echojs 3745 days ago 5 comments
timoxley 3743 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼Note this isn't raw JavaScript, its raw DOM API. JavaScript is the language.
timoxley 3743 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼As in this is so wrong I had to check if I was reading a jenn schiffer.
bstro 3741 days ago. link 0 point ▲ ▼Learning a shitty api (dom) isn't nearly as beneficial to the javascript universe as building better and more interesting abstractions.
timoxley 3733 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼Yep, the javascript universe needs more developers who don't know basic APIs and only know how to use shitty abstractions. Good point.