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1. Not really.

jQuery is designed not to fail. So if there's no `.box` on the page, jQuery will not do anything.

`querySelector` may return null, so `$('.box').hidden` will hard break your page if you're not careful enough

2. `$('.box').hide()` is just one such example.

The hilarious https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ shows that jQuery remains more consistent, concise, and composable than most things in modern browser APIs



jumping in on this bandwagon... I sometimes look https://youmightnotneedjquery.com when I forget how to do something with jQuery.

Also, do you know if there is a jQuery-like that actually throws exceptions? Having `$('.box').hide()` tell me there is no `.box` would be pretty useful.




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