Looking great. Having some context on the pages would be great, I can understand the grass-rabbit-fox dynamics but not clear with the the rest of the simulations.
And you can persist the page in query param. So someone can directly sent people to particular simulation with data.
What is the usecase for this in the age of React, NextJS? And for static sites we have Astro etc.
And even if you need something simple why use jQuery? Vanila JS has better API now. Am I missing anything?
I do a lot of custom JS widget development, games, and utilities that are outside the context of a gigantic framework like React. Not everything is a a full-page SPA. Vanilla JS is indeed better than it was, but I found myself writing small JQ-like libraries and utilities to do tedious or even basic DOM manipulation, so I switched back to JQ and saved myself a lot of time and headaches. Compressed, minified JQ is also pretty small and is negligible in space consumption.
JQ is also used in frameworks like Bootstrap (although I think they’re trying to drop third-party dependencies like this since they tend to cause conflicts).
I have also used JQ in an Angular app where complex on-the-fly DOM manipulation just isn’t practical with standard tooling.
Hobbyists don’t want to learn every new framework. Someone can have a small business website for their activity and have been happy using jQuery since 2010.
Your experiences are fine but don't completely give up and focus on what you can control. Like you can post your thoughts on social media. And don't expect views. Just just write for your own sake.
That would keep you busy and leave room for serendipity.
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