Frontend Development Then and Now

Text on the meme

JS $(".tab-list").on( e.preventDefault $(".tab").remove $(".tab-content").hide $(this).addClass( $(this).attr("href" }); jQuery 2013 2024 Vercel

What it means

A split-screen comparison shows a cheerful anime character representing 2013 frontend development with jQuery and JavaScript code, contrasted with a dark, intense character surrounded by modern web-development logos in 2024. The joke is that frontend development has become dramatically more complex and intimidating, moving from simple jQuery scripts to a large modern tooling ecosystem. It is used as a reaction to the overwhelming complexity of contemporary web development.

Objects

blond anime boy / светловолосый аниме-мальчик dark-haired anime boy / темноволосый аниме-мальчик split-screen composition / композиция с разделением экрана JavaScript code / код JavaScript computer screen / экран компьютера jQuery logo / логотип jQuery Vercel logo / логотип Vercel Vue logo / логотип Vue React logo / логотип React Svelte logo / логотип Svelte green scarf / зелёный шарф blue atom symbol / синяя атомная эмблема black background / чёрный фон anime illustration / аниме-иллюстрация