Are JQuery and its peers helping or hurting JavaScript Knowledge?
<p>I noticed most questions related to client-side script on SO are JQuery related and that got me thinking. I'm wondering what the ease of these libraries is doing to actual KNOWLEDGE of JavaScript and the DOM. </p>

<p>So much is done for you that my fear is there is a growing number of web developers that actually know very little about JavaScript besides how to include the JQuery library and use the plug-ins they download. It's the "fast food" approach to software development and, based on nothing more than anecdotal evidence, I think a lot of web "developers" would be in the dark when it comes to client script if they were suddenly unable to use the JQeury library.</p>

<p>My Question: Are these libraries helping or hurting REAL knowledge of client-side scripting?</p>
