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Future of Jquery UI

Yes, I had read up on jquery awhile back due to an issue I was having that I thought was due to outdated jquery.  I noticed at the time that no, there was no updated jquery.

 

Not sure how many developers have noticed this. So i thought i would bring it up. The Jquery Mobile Library is being depreciated, and Jquery UI apparently released it's first update in over 5 years and most likely the last update it will get on Oct 7, 2021.

https://blog.jquerymobile.com/2021/10/07/jquery-maintainers-continue-modernization-initiative-with-deprecation-of-jquery-mobile/

https://blog.jquerymobile.com/2021/10/07/jquery-maintainers-update-and-transition-jquery-ui-as-part-of-overall-modernization-efforts/

Jquery Itself still seems to be going strong, but it's other projects appear to be suffering from lack of developers and funding.

I will need to rethink the future of jquery UI's use in cheetah on later versions. Cheetah lacks mobile touch support in a few UI elements so i will be looking into other JavaScript libraries for future use in cheetah. I have been looking at other libraries for quite some time now anyway for planned improvements i want to make with the admin builders.