frontend: Explicitly remove jQuery dependency

mesa/visualization/templates/modular_template.html

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ <h4 class="modal-title">About {{ model_name }}</h4>
     </div>
 
     <!-- Bottom-load all JavaScript dependencies -->
-    <script src="/static/js/external/jquery-2.2.4.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/external/bootstrap-5.1.3-dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/external/bootstrap-slider-11.0.2/dist/bootstrap-slider.min.js"></script>
 

setup.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def ensure_JS_dep(dirname, url):
 
 
 def ensure_JS_dep_single(url, out_name=None):
-    # Used for downloading e.g. jQuery single file
+    # Used for downloading e.g. D3.js single file
     if out_name is None:
         out_name = url.split("/")[-1]
     dst_path = os.path.join(external_dir_single, out_name)
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ def ensure_JS_dep_single(url, out_name=None):
     f"https://github.com/seiyria/bootstrap-slider/archive/refs/tags/v{bootstrap_slider_version}.zip",
 )
 
-jquery_version = "2.2.4"
-ensure_JS_dep_single(
-    f"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-{jquery_version}.min.js",
-)
 # Important: when updating the D3 version, make sure to update the constant
 # D3_JS_FILE in mesa/visualization/ModularVisualization.py.
 d3_version = "7.4.3"