Patrick D. answered • 08/04/19
15 years development experience, understands struggles
A "qualified" no.
I will not dive into the newer typsecript/ecma languages that look amazingly and behave - like OO java - but jQuery in and of itself probably won't help your core java skills. Don't get me wrong - understanding jQuery is great for understanding front-end development, but from translating that style into core java skills - I see very little benefit - with the exception of....
Callbacks... (a more functional javascript/nodeJS concept I consider to be something you can jump into, understand the concepts - and then really utilize in core java).
Understanding the "observer" pattern in java and being able to correspond the pattern into javascript callbacks is a good starting point. If you don't know the observer pattern, it's probably the best tie-in you can get between the two; Once you understand the basic pattern, then work your way forward to the "actor" pattern - which I can see as closely matching the callback / "nodeJS/single-thread" concept. (I'm just diving into this recently - am still working out the "per thread" cost model and its simplicity versus the single-thread alternative).
I could go on discussing the functional style jQuery uses, but believe that's easier learned by working against java 8+ functional styles - I believe it's easier to learn the functional style you have to live with in java, well - in java.... vs. trying to learn jQuery and porting that over. (easier to do functional java to jQuery syntax than vice-versa, if you come from a java background).
