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personally i think the line of code that the today's internet owes it's thanks to is:

$(document).ready(function(){});

If it wasn't for jQuery, no one would be programming web applications the way we do today. jQuery was THE single advancement in creating the modern web.

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It’s significant, for sure, but I’d probably go with XMLHttpRequest as even more significant for web apps.

I'd almost say jQuery pasting over the inconsistencies is what made XMLHttpRequest and AJAX in general the killer feature it became.

yea. swap out roomba routing (srsly?) and replace it with "jquery made dynamic websites economically feasible" which led to practically the entire internet becoming dynamic in some form.

Is "roomba routing" an industry term? I couldn't find it from a Google search, but I like it.

He's just talking about how the article lists 'Roomba Routing' as a 'Line of Code that changed everything'

I'd say jQuery forcing people to actually learn XMLHttpRequest by leaking memory on each request was a killer feature.

Downvote me all you want.

https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/10824

Looks like this is only in internet explorer and was clearly not a priority issue for anyone

>only in internet explorer

Main advantage was unified experience across all browsers.

>[memory leak on each request] not a priority issue for anyone

Exactly my point.

A big moment for me was seeing google maps for the first time around 2008. I had just finished school and knew that I had to write programs using this technology.

> knew that I had to write programs using this technology

Well now you don't

I make webpages without JQuery... what's the big deal? Am I missing out on something serious?

This is about history. Nowadays it's not a big deal as the browser engines and JS adapted.

I'd go even further and say:

    document.write(...)

The birth of Javascript in 10 days has fundamentally and permanently changed the nature of the web, in ways that nobody could anticipate. We now have technology where you can compile C++ down to a JS/HTML target, which in any other world would sound utterly mad.

>If it wasn't for jQuery, =no one would be programming web applications the way we do today=. jQuery was THE single advancement in creating the modern web.

Excellent!! You'd be surprised that not everyone agrees with the idea of browsers becoming their own micro-OS.

oh man that brings back memories... I think people nowadays vilify it just because it's cool to bash jQuery but without it, the web wouldn't be where it is now.

That was important, sure, but cgi was way earlier.

You're not wrong, but did this really require a throwaway account?

why does that even matter?

Because throwaway accounts are usually made by people who want to share something personal and don't want it tied to their public/internet/work persona. So it made me think you work for a FAANG where everyone has to pretend they love React/Angular/etc, and you didn't want to catch any flak for it.

If you click on someone's name, it will show you their profile, and you can see that you are not talking to a throwaway account, even if the word is in their username.

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