JavaScript Course: Expanding Additional Resources in JS Quick Review to Add jQuery Context

RonnocNiksab commented 2 days ago

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The additional resource section calls out the following, "It looks like this lesson doesn’t have any additional resources yet. Help us expand this section by contributing to our curriculum." It also notes, "A quick web-search on the topic will be more useful than any explanations here..."

I'd like to expand this section by adding high quality resources to help students understand the history of jQuery and possibly to get started with jQuery itself. Understanding how things were done (like DOM manipulation) can help one better understand why things are done how they are today.

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Node / JS

Lesson Url

https://www.theodinproject.com/lessons/node-path-javascript-a-quick-review

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This is my first issue ever and I was inspired by The Odin Project to open it. I just wanted to say thanks upfront.

JoshDevHub commented 1 day ago

Thank you for making this issue.

Personally I think we want to avoid sending learners on any deep dive into jQuery. In fact, I almost feel like its mention can be removed here as I feel it's become increasingly irrelevant — to the point where bringing it up is just not very useful.

But I'll also solicit some better and more informed opinions on this from the JavaScript team: @TheOdinProject/javascript

RonnocNiksab commented 1 day ago

Thank you for making this issue.

Personally I think we want to avoid sending learners on any deep dive into jQuery. In fact, I almost feel like its mention can be removed here as I feel it's become increasingly irrelevant — to the point where bringing it up is just not very useful.

But I'll also solicit some better and more informed opinions on this from the JavaScript team: @TheOdinProject/javascript

Thanks for the thoughtful input. I think you make a fair point and I want to avoid sending learners down a deep dive into jQuery, especially if it's an anachronism.

While we wait to hear from the JavaScript team: I’m happy to help with the next steps on this, either if we opt to remove the reference and change the scope of the issue, or opt to add additional resources.

TheOdinProject / curriculum