Using Jquery inside AngularJS directive good or bad idea?

Question

Below you can see my code for the directive.

My question is: \" Can i use jquery with directives? Is that a good idea? If not why? \"

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Answer 1

Simple Answer: YES (Simply refer jquery.js above Angular.js in HTML page. jqLite will be replaced by jQuery)

You would be using jQuery for DOM manipulation & there are many discussions going on this topic (whether to use or not in modern browsers).

One of the popular posts in the recentdays: http://lea.verou.me/2015/04/jquery-considered-harmful/

Despite everything, jQuery is still a very popular, highly used DOM library. And, it works with many modern UI frameworks seamlessly.