jQuery is a lightweight and easy to use JavaScript library that helps in creating complex functionalities with few lines of coding. jQuery coding is shorter and often more simplified than equivalent vanilla JS code. So why do many developers move away from this library and towards plain or vanilla JavaScript?
In this story we’ll go through:

• A comparison of JavaScript and jQuery: fading an element
• The most important advantages and disadvantages of jQuery
• AJAX form submission with jQuery
• AJAX form submission with JavaScript

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