jQuery is JavaScript, and at some point you need to know JavaScript. I would never hire anyone who claims to know jQuery but not JavaScript.
my 0.02$ --Klaus On 8 Jan., 22:23, pixeline <aplennev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello mates, > > I will start to teach web usability to freshly graduated youngsters in > a graphic design school _ web dept, web dept. > The Board recently proposed me to also take over javascript. Now i > intend to them i'm not literate enough in javascript to actually teach > it. But i proposed instead to teach jquery, with the main argument > being: it's a 3-year programme, it's not with 2 hours a week that most > kids will get professionnal level javascript skills. Teaching jquery > on the other hand, may give these junior designers a useful knowledge > and discover scripting from a starting point that they understand _ > not the (with all due respect:) ) geek's "code is poetry" point of > view, but from the "in your face" designer point of view. > > I would like to know what you guys think of my argument: is teaching > the usage of a specific javascript framework relevant to the business > world? Would you hire a freshman that cannot program pure javascript > but can pretty much achieve the same result, in less time, with > jquery? > > Looking forward to reading your thoughts ! > > Cheers, > > Alexandre
