[Question] Vanilla JS alternative?

[willstocks]

Hello!
Let me start by saying - great script/library! Super duper duper useful - thank you so much.
Question for you: Why the dependency on jQuery? Would a vanilla JS version be something you'd consider in the future? Plain Javascript is now on-part with jQuery in terms of features, and has the potential to even outperform - not only that, but it'd also alleviate some people having to load jQuery!

[liviucmg]

Hi Will, thank you for the kind words. :) The library was started a long time ago when jQuery was the obvious choice, at least for me. But you are right, it would make sense to remove jQuery entirely as a dependency, maybe even throw in ES6 while we're at it and also provide a minified+polyfill version.

[willstocks]

Hey Liviu! That would definitely be an interesting thing to see! Making use of things like IntersectionObserver as well, for maximum scrolling performance? I’d be truly interested in that - especially with the general internet migration to native rather than dependencies! I’ve been trying to go as native as possible where I can, as well as only polyfill when absolutely necessary (I have a little script I built out) - I’d be super interested in seeing a vanilla variant of this (hit me up if you want a beta tester!!!)! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 17:36, Liviu Cristian Mirea-Ghiban < ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Will, thank you for the kind words. :) The library was started a long time ago when jQuery was the obvious choice, at least for me. But you are right, it would make sense to remove jQuery entirely as a dependency, maybe even throw in ES6 while we're at it and also provide a minified+polyfill version. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#63 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Apt9AtDtyYYkGU_WwwUxVwVOVxT4qoJeks5vRsIGgaJpZM4bPu4j> .

[Nincha]

Hi!

I'm also highly interested in this topic. :D

As Jquery was dropped off the project I had to replace your library with a plain and simple position sticky ; but that makes parts of the sidebar invisible unless your scroll to the end of the page (which can be a pain if you also use ajax loaded content on scroll on the main section).

Cheers anyway for the great work so far!