> and even jQuery is that they are aren't necessary.
JQuery was never considered "necessary". It's just a much prettier wrapper around the native dom apis. Arguing against adopting a more readable api (and codebase), is gonna be a tough sell.
Nobody worries about fashion when buying a shovel. Your users don't care about your code fashion. These things are clear when an outside party can observe your developer habits and inform you where your priorities are as opposed to what you state they are.
> Nobody worries about fashion when buying a shovel.
Huh? Are you implying the code will never get read by another developer or possibly modified? Are you arguing there is no reason to make your code more readable?
> These things are clear when an outside party can observe your developer habits and inform you where your priorities are as opposed to what you state they are.
JQuery was never considered "necessary". It's just a much prettier wrapper around the native dom apis. Arguing against adopting a more readable api (and codebase), is gonna be a tough sell.