Although jQuery's heyday may have passed, the library is still used at a staggering rate. But how of much of that usage is legacy? And how many developers are choosing to use jQuery in new applications?
In today’s Slack chat we’ve invited a few industry experts to talk about these questions and more. The topics for today’s chat are:
What are the pros and cons of using jQuery in 2016?
What sorts of apps is jQuery the most useful in?
If you were starting a new web app tomorrow, would you use jQuery?
Let’s start by having everyone provide a brief introduction so readers know who’s here.
Jeremy Likness: I am a 7-year Microsoft MVP (my specialty is Visual Studio and Developer Technologies) and I lead the application development practice for iVision, a technology consulting services firm based out of Atlanta, GA. I am a certified Kendo UI developer and Telerik Developer Expert and have been using Kendo UI since beta.
Jen Looper: I’m a member of the Progress Developer Relations team along with TJ.
Aurelio De Rosa: Hi everyone. I'm Italian developer in love with the Web. I'm also a member of the jQuery team.
Nathanael Anderson: I'm an independent contractor doing development in Web, Desktop, Server and mobile applications.
TJ VanToll: I work with Jen as a Dev Advocate at Progress. I used to be on the jQuery UI team, so I might have a bit of a bias in this conversation <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2/72x72/1f604.png" alt="