[jQuery] Re: teaching jquery instead of javascript ?

[Nikola]

Why not include basic "JavaScript Fundamentals" in each jQuery
lesson.  Show some general examples and explain the general JavaScript
principal of the lesson works (I'm thinking a 15 minute
introduction...) then teach the jQuery and illustrate how and why
jQuery is the "write less, do more" JavaScript library..  That way
students get the gist of the JavaScript while learning the jQuery.
This may not be as desirable as learning jQuery on top of a strong
JavaScript foundation but it can help them to become stronger jQuery
developers.