am currently studying jquery, can someone tell me the things that javascript native can do which jquery cannot ?
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technically incorrect to call javascript native code?expiredninja– expiredninja2011-08-03 14:03:46 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2011 at 14:03
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In short: nothing
jQuery is an abstraction layer on top of plain JavaScript, it is JavaScript, it just adds a bunch of shortcuts to common tasks, usually in a highly optimized and cross-browser way.
It doesn't take anything away, you can mix and match all you want, jQuery simply adds to your options.
I'd take a look at the jQuery getting started documentation for more questions you might have like this.
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Nick Craver
@Downvoter - Helps to mention why, if you don't mention why you think an answer is incorrect, it helps no-one...
Robusto
Your check is in the mail, Nick. :)
Kzqai
Hmmm, I think that this requires looking at what is lost, which I would say is that speed hit from including jquery. Which makes caching via google's CDN hosting of jQuery a useful tactic. There's always a tradeoff, is the point.
Anurag
@Tchalvak good point, but how is that related to anything on this thread?
Kzqai
Yes. What native javascript can do that jQuery cannot is: avoid the need to include the hit of that library download and any subsequent processor-use overhead. Personally I don't consider that a worthwhile tipping factor, but it may be important for performance considerations.
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jQuery is a library for Javascript which adds additional features.
It doesn't replace anything.
