jQuery vs document.querySelectorAll

Question

I heard several times that jQuery\'s strongest asset is the way it queries and manipulates elements in the DOM: you can use CSS queries to create complex queries that would

Answer 1

Just a comment on this, when using material design lite, jquery selector does not return the property for material design for some reason.

For:

        
        Enter something..
      

This works:

document.querySelector('#myinputfield').parentNode.MaterialTextfield.change();

This does not:

$('#myinputfield').parentNode.MaterialTextfield.change();