I'd be interested in types of applications those numbers are using as the pool for its comparisons.
What I'm saying is not that jQuery is the end-all-be-all. It isn't, and trying to build a highly dynamic web application with tons of client-side logic around jQuery is indeed a recipe for spaghetti.
What I AM saying is that most web applications (especially in the enterprise business world), simply AREN'T all that dynamic. They are primarily driven by full page loads rather than AJAX, and server-side logic rather than client-side code.
On HN, the terms "web application" and "SPA" are practically synonymous. But outside of a few social media titans, and the startup community, that's hardly true.
What I'm saying is not that jQuery is the end-all-be-all. It isn't, and trying to build a highly dynamic web application with tons of client-side logic around jQuery is indeed a recipe for spaghetti.
What I AM saying is that most web applications (especially in the enterprise business world), simply AREN'T all that dynamic. They are primarily driven by full page loads rather than AJAX, and server-side logic rather than client-side code.
On HN, the terms "web application" and "SPA" are practically synonymous. But outside of a few social media titans, and the startup community, that's hardly true.