[Noisebridge-discuss] [Noisebridge-announce] Frontend Web Development, Monday 8pm: Menus and modals

[Daniel Pitts]

On 1/14/13 11:21 AM, John Withers wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 09:28 -0800, Daniel Pitts wrote:
>
>> I'd also like to caution against using language like "how most people
>> in the real world". Plenty of real websites don't use jQuery. Do you
>> have any statistics to back that statement up?  I'm not saying jQuery
>> isn't popular or useful. I think it is both. But as a pedagog, it's
>> important to discuss which alternatives exist, and why you are
>> teaching the particular thing instead of an alternative. Even if the
>> answer is "because it's what I know".
>>
> http://blog.whitehatsec.com/analysis-of-javascript-library-popularity/
> http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/javascript_library/all
>
> So, if it were me, those would be my answers.
>
> j
>
Fair enough.  Though I would probably weight different sites more 
highly. A little home-made blog vs a large media outlet.  I'm not sure 
that would change the graph significantly, but I would personally prefer 
that level of detail.

I also still hold my point that alternatives should be mentioned.