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According to Google Trends the search term "jquery" will soon overtake "javascript" in terms of popularity[1][2]

[1]http://i.imgur.com/yqQ95.png

[2]http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=jquery,javascript

That worries me. Some people can write "jQuery" but not proper JS code.

Uh, there's nothing improper about writing jQuery code.

I know. I'm just concerned about people that learn jQuery but not really JavaScript itself, just the bare minimum needed to use jQuery.

I don't really think that is something to be worried about. Most of these people aren't coders by profession, they just want some little customizations to whatever form or theme they happen to be using.

A good parallel for your comment would be: "I'm just concerned about people that learn VBA but not really Visual Basic itself, just the bare minimum needed to use Excel macros."

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