You're probably getting downvoted because of the combination of unsubstantiveness and dismissiveness. That's bad for an HN comment, so please don't do that.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13136943 and marked it off-topic.

When it was created - jQuery definitely made javascript not shittier. Javascript was a mess (or browser support for it) and IMHO the most import jQuery goal was to eliminate of cross-browser incompatibilities [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JQuery#Overview

Indeed. jQuery and prototype.js made writing browser-independent JavaScript possible. That was huge. And the early competition between the two made introduced (or at least drove the widespread use of) a lot of browser behavior that's commonplace now. Not to mention Ajax.

You're right, just like everyone else on this thread.

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I don't think you really got it jayajay:

You are talking down a tool that saved thousands of engineering hours and helped level the playing field between the browsers.

And then it seems you try to lie your way out of it. (The first comment looks nothing like a joke.)

Recommendation: own your mistake, be more careful next time. Oh, and skip unnecessary profanities.

> And then it seems you try to lie your way out of it.

Please be charitable and give others the benefit of the doubt when commenting here.

Ok, sorry about that. Will try to be even more so in the future.

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dang and sctb are mods.