jLight

Lightweight jQuery replacement compatible with Backbone.js. Current size: 7.3k minified, 1.6K gzipped.

Objectives

• Provide a lightweight jQuery alternative.
• Ensure Backbone.js compatibility by running Backbone's own tests.
• Use as much native JS code as possible to make this library lightweight.

Principles

• Completeness: strive to implement all or most of jQuery methods.
• Efficiency: 99% of developers only make use of 10% of jQuery's functionalities. jLight is about concentrating only that 10%.
• Lightweight: favor lightweight, performant and intuitive code. If a feature is not likely to be used, then don't add it.
• Robust and well documented: all methods must be well tested and documented.

Supported jQuery methods

• add
• append
• appendTo
• attr
• css
• data
• empty
• eq
• find
• get
• has
• html
• is
• off
• on
• one
• parent
• remove
• toArray
• trigger
• val

Currently being implemented and/or not fully tested Required by Backbone.js

Supported Backbone version

• In progress

TODO

• Add backbone tests.
• Review which methods are strictly required by Backbone.
• Implement and test remaining jQuery methods.
• Documentation.
• GitHub project page.

Credit

• kupriyanenko for his wonderful repo which I used as boilerplate.
• HubSpot for inspiration on how to implement jQuery methods in a concise way.