jQuery and Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Style Apps

Question

Can jQuery be used in Windows 8 Metro-style apps developed using the JavaScript API? I\'m looking at the samples, and there\'s a lot of standard DOM manipulation like doc

Answer 1

Don't use any windows libraries like WinJS. Why would you want to lock yourself and be dependent on proprietary code? Stick with the usual stuff, i.e. HTML, CSS, JS(JQuery or otherwise). It will only make your future support/dev far more predictable ...