moving_from_jquery.md

Moving from jQuery

Events

// jQuery
$(document).ready(function() {
  // code
})

// Vanilla
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
  // code
})

// jQuery
$('a').click(function() {
  // code…
});

// Vanilla
[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('a'), function(el) {
  el.addEventListener('click', function() {
    // code…
  });
});

IE8 support

// Vanilla
function attachEvent(element, type, handler) {
    if (element.addEventListener) {
        element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
    }else if (element.attachEvent) {
        element.attachEvent('on' + type, handler);
    } else {
        element['on' + type] = handler;
    }
}

[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('a'), function(el) {
  attachEvent(el, 'click', function() {
    // code…
  });
});

Selectors

// jQuery
var divs = $('div')

// Vanilla
var divs = document.querySelectorAll('div')

// jQuery
var newDiv = $('<div/>')

// Vanilla
var newDiv = document.createElement('div')

Attributes

// jQuery
$('img').filter(':first').attr('alt', 'My image')

// Vanilla
document.querySelector('img').setAttribute('alt', 'My image')

Classes

// jQuery
newDiv.addClass('foo')

// Vanilla
newDiv.classList.add('foo')

// jQuery
newDiv.toggleClass('foo')

// Vanilla
newDiv.classList.toggle('foo')

Effects

// jQuery
$('#foo').show()

// Vanilla
document.getElementById('foo').style.display = ''

// jQuery
$('#foo').hide()

// Vanilla
document.getElementById('foo').style.display = 'none'

// jQuery
$('#foo').css('background-color', 'red')

// Vanilla
document.getElementById('foo').style.backgroundColor = 'red'

Manipulation

// jQuery
$('body').append($('<p/>'))

// Vanilla
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('p'))

// jQuery
var clonedElement = $('#about').clone()

// Vanilla
var clonedElement = document.getElementById('about').cloneNode(true)

// jQuery
$('#wrap').empty()

// Vanilla
var wrap = document.getElementById('wrap')
while(wrap.firstChild) wrap.removeChild(wrap.firstChild)

Transversing

// jQuery
var parent = $('#about').parent()

// Vanilla
var parent = document.getElementById('about').parentNode

// jQuery
if($('#wrap').is(':empty'))

// Vanilla
if(!document.getElementById('wrap').hasChildNodes())

// jQuery
var nextElement = $('#wrap').next()

// Vanilla
var nextElement = document.getElementById('wrap').nextSibling

AJAX

GET

// jQuery
$.get('//example.com', function (data) {
  // code
})

// Vanilla
var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest()
httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function (data) {
  // code
}
httpRequest.open('GET', url)
httpRequest.send()

POST

// jQuery
$.post('//example.com', { username: username }, function (data) {
  // code
})

// Vanilla
var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest()
httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function (data) {
  // code
}
httpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
httpRequest.open('POST', url)
httpRequest.send('username=' + encodeURIComponent(username))

JSONP

// jQuery
$.getJSON('//openexchangerates.org/latest.json?callback=?', function (data) {
  // code
})

// Vanilla
function success(data) {
  // code
}
var scr = document.createElement('script')
scr.src = '//openexchangerates.org/latest.json?callback=formatCurrency'
document.body.appendChild(scr)

thanks ... @vanilla..