How necessary is it to learn JavaScript before jQuery?

Posted by benhowdle89 on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by benhowdle89
Published on 2011-01-28T10:26:24Z Indexed on 2011/01/28 23:37 UTC
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In my opinion, when I looked at JavaScript, it looked like not my cup of tea. When I came across jQuery, I loved it. I sat and watched Nettuts+ 15 days of jQuery screencasts, 1 year later and now I'm fairly confident I wouldn't develop a website without including jQuery's library.

I have never felt this has held me back but my question is, will this come back and bite me in the ass one day, the fact that I didn't have a solid JavaScript foundation before jumping feet first into one of its best (if not the best) frameworks? Did anyone else take this approach?

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