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Sass by default FTW!

It says they rewrote all of the JS using ES6... Does this mean jQuery is no longer a dependency?

Assuming the comment in the starter template isn't outdated, jQuery is still required.

http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/getting-started/introductio...

Booooooooooo. Bootstrap is the most popular CSS/UI framework on the planet. I don't get why they continue to depend on jQuery while most modern app frameworks are abandoning it...

Like which? Ember continues to depend on it. Angular uses a lightweight version. I don't think there's a lot of interest in reinventing the wheel as far as cross-browser JS libraries go.

Angular by default is not using jQuery. They have a convenience layer that is similar to the jQuery-API called jqLight. But if you use Angular in the right way you usually don't need to access the DOM with these methods.

I guess Backbone uses jQuery too.

The most popular UI framework using the most popular UI library? I don't see the problem.

No, jQuery is still required.

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