querySelector and querySelectorAll could have been pretty great, but they suffer...

lowboy · on Jan 30, 2014

    Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.myClass'), 0);

Or if you want to abstract that into a utility function:

    function qsa(sel) {
        return Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(sel), 0);
    }

    qsa('.myClass'); // Returns array of elements

talmand · on Jan 31, 2014

And now you are on the way to rewriting jQuery from scratch.

Add a few more helper functions, separate it all out to its own js file, reuse the js file in other projects, and soon people will complain about the bloated js file you keep using in your projects.

Man, I really do enjoy my chosen line of work. It creates such fun things to debate over.

nostrademons · on Jan 30, 2014

Elements is supposed to fix this:

http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#elements

But AFAICT isn't implemented anywhere, which makes it not that useful. Perhaps a polyfill could be done.