Jquery makes it super easy to add functionality to your web app, and there are tons of examples all over the interwebs. But I found this great website that gives you some easy straight-up Javascript alternatives:
http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
It’s a great idea not to include JQuery as a dependency if you don’t have to (but apparently it’s not stopping many web devs since over half of all websites use JQuery).
