[jQuery] Re: teaching jquery instead of javascript ?

[Nikola]

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