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Say Goodbye to 5 JavaScript Libraries in 2025 👋

Xiuer Old
JavaScript in Plain English
4 min readJan 11, 2025

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As JavaScript evolves, some libraries inevitably fall behind, unable to keep up with the developer community’s expectations for the latest features, paradigms, and performance. It’s time to bid farewell to certain libraries that no longer meet our needs. This article will focus on five JavaScript libraries that may become obsolete by 2025 and the reasons why.

Why Replace JS Libraries? 🤔

We’ve all heard about revolutionary breakthroughs in JS, like 18-year-old Aiden Bai creating Million.js to improve JS performance, or new methods for viewing documentation in React. But what about those that are being phased out or problematic?

1. jQuery: The Grandfather of Modern JavaScript Libraries 👴

jQuery, once beloved for its cross-browser support, simple DOM manipulation, and concise syntax, is set to exit the stage by 2025. Native JavaScript APIs and modern frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular have rendered jQuery’s core functionalities obsolete.

JavaScript now natively includes methods like querySelector, addEventListener, and fetch, which were previously jQuery's domain. Moreover, modern browsers have standardized, making jQuery's cross-browser solutions redundant. Including jQuery in applications now…

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