Update - this position has now been filled. You can look at all of the jobs available in Digital on the careers website -- I'm looking for a talented junior/graduate developer to come and join my team at Yell. We work exclusively on the Yell.com search engine, dealing with over 20 million users a month. I've got some fantastic senior developers working for me, and we need a junior developer in the team.
Removing jQuery from your website is a big thing. We have become so reliant upon it that there are far more JavaScript plugins and modules that rely on it than that don't. You have to be so careful when we try to remove it, or you'll end up losing functionality. We need to plan to remove this code - we need to know what could break when we take jQuery away, and we need to know what holes we will need to plug to make our code work again.
I was lucky enough to be invited to attend and speak at Edge Conf London 2014, an assembly of web development superheroes charged with discussing the future of web technology in front of a live audience. I've written up my main take-aways from the event.
It's 2014 and I'm feeling inspired to change my ways. In 2014, I want to go jQuery-free!
Update 4th Feb 2017: I'm looking for a new front-end developer. If you think this could be you, have a look at the front-end developer job description **Update 4th Feb 2014: **I've successfully recruited two new developers to fill these roles, thank you to everyone who has applied. I will update this page as roles become available. **Update 13th August 2014: **I'm looking for another front-end developer, and we're also looking for a Java developer. If you want to apply, or know anyone who would suit, get in touch