# To jQuery or not to jQuery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-jquery-or-not-to-jquery/330651>\
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**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-jquery-or-not-to-jquery/330651 "2013-02-22T06:04:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-jquery-or-not-to-jquery/330651/1 "2013-02-22T06:04:48Z")

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I’ve been working on a few little web apps in my spare time and I’ve been writing them in the traditional AJAX (php, javascript, xml), but did some reading and found a lot of people using jQuery to code their AJAX.

My question is. Does it make it worth the ease of coding to switch to jQuery although I have to install jQuery on top of my applications? Rather than stick to what is available to me through php & javascript?