Problem/Motivation
jQuery used to be so awesome and It has been with us since Drupal 5.0!
IE10 was released in 2012 and supported most (all?) of the vanilla javascript that is needed to replace jQuery code.
Using vanilla javascript would allow us to remove jQuery from Drupal core as a dependency.
Proposed resolution
The web is full of great resources for making the switch:
- https://www.evermade.fi/replacing-jquery-native-javascript-projects/
- http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
- https://www.previousnext.com.au/blog/removing-jquery-from-your-drupal-theme
- https://css-tricks.com/now-ever-might-not-need-jquery/