Modernizr vs. RequireJS vs. TypeScript vs. jQuery Comparison Chart

Modernizr tells you what HTML, CSS, and JavaScript feature the user’s browser has to offer. It’s a collection of superfast tests, or “detects” as we like to call them, which run as your web page loads, then you can use the results to tailor the experience to the user. All web developers come up against differences between browsers and devices. That’s largely due to different feature sets, the latest versions of the popular browsers can do some awesome things which older browsers can’t, but we still have to support the older ones. Modernizr makes it easy to deliver tiered experiences and make use of the latest and greatest features in browsers that support them, without leaving less fortunate users high and dry. Modernizr is a small piece of JavaScript code that automatically detects the availability of next-generation web technologies in your user's browsers. Modernizr uses feature detection to allow you to easily tailor your user's experience.

TypeScript adds additional syntax to JavaScript to support a tighter integration with your editor. Catch errors early in your editor. TypeScript code converts to JavaScript, which runs anywhere JavaScript runs: In a browser, on Node.js or Deno and in your apps. TypeScript understands JavaScript and uses type inference to give you great tooling without additional code. TypeScript was used by 78% of the 2020 State of JS respondents, with 93% saying they would use it again. The most common kinds of errors that programmers write can be described as type errors: a certain kind of value was used where a different kind of value was expected. This could be due to simple typos, a failure to understand the API surface of a library, incorrect assumptions about runtime behavior, or other errors.