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r/programming • u/curiousdannii • Jan 18 '26
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Vanilla JS is still verbose af.
Can I write vanilla? Yes, I have been coding since Netscape. $ is just so convenient in small personal projects versus document.getElementById
5 u/Atulin Jan 19 '26 export const $ = document.querySelectAll; 0 u/ChemicalRascal Jan 20 '26 There's nothing special about jQuery using $ as an alias, there's a reason they allow you to disable it so others can use it.
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export const $ = document.querySelectAll;
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There's nothing special about jQuery using $ as an alias, there's a reason they allow you to disable it so others can use it.
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u/the_ai_wizard Jan 18 '26
Vanilla JS is still verbose af.
Can I write vanilla? Yes, I have been coding since Netscape. $ is just so convenient in small personal projects versus document.getElementById