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I'm very interested to see what the future holds for JQuery with these new JS micro-frameworks appearing around the web. I, for one, am a huge fan of JQuery and their entire team, but have recently switched to using Ender simply for the minimal bloat and it's fantastic package management.

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I don't see jQuery going anywhere any time soon. On the other hand, I don't hold out much hope for jQuery UI. The majority of the development effort appears to be going the way of jQuery Mobile these days. They're establishing useful conventions that are expected to eventually filter back into UI, but there have been other jQuery UI components under development for years now. Twitter Bootstrap appears to have most of the web momentum, and I think it will take a concentrated effort for jQuery UI to compete - even if they're providing slightly different functionality.

Doesn't Bootstrap use jQuery for its JS plugins?

Yes, but I'm talking about jQuery UI - http://jqueryui.com

How have I NOT heard of Twitter Bootstrap?! (Thanks for the tip!)

The jQuery core team has discussed supporting advanced compilation with the Google Closure compiler. When compiled with user code, unused portions of jQuery would automatically be removed. This allows for minimal bloat without needing to manually assembling micro js libraries.

I'm very interested to see what the future holds for JQuery with these new JS micro-frameworks appearing around the web

I see the sunsetting of relic Internet Explorer versions being the greatest "threat" to jQuery.

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