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hit8run on Dec 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: You Don't Need JQuery

I started to use Angular instead of jQuery. It comes with jqlite and a lot of the stuff I would use jQuery for (e.g. form validation) can still be easily done.

hit8run on Dec 17, 2014 [–]

Why do I get a downvote for this? Angular 1.2 weights around 108kb and jQuery around 1.11 around 96kb and one gets a whole lot of extra functionality with angular if you use its strenghts correctly.

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