On: You might not need jQuery

[emehrkay]

I've never liked jQuery. I use it because I am forced to. However, I will not write my own animation library, selector engine, and other helper utilities it provides.

[nostrademons → emehrkay]

You don't have to. Browser manufacturers wrote an animation library (CSS3 transitions & animations), selector engine (querySelectorAll) and other helper utilities it provides.