EmberJS without jQuery

Design
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Do EmberJS really need jQuery? Is it possible to leave it out?

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Ember.js requires jQuery for two reasons:

  • We rely on it heavily in the Ember/Handlebars integration for inserting and modifying DOM elements. I personally am not interested in dealing with cross-browser DOM manipulation bugs, but the jQuery team excels at it.
  • By having a standard DOM manipulation library in jQuery, developers can move between different Ember.js apps and rely on the fact that they have a battle-tested, cross-platform library underneath them.

If you are concerned about size, I’d recommend investigating the new jQuery 2.0, which has the ability to do custom builds without features such as animation.

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Sure, this is a common sense :wink: Another question - when html templates (a part of web components) become available, will Ember continue to use Handlebars?