"When it comes to Web UI development, believe me, it is totally different from any kind of development - all rules fail. What ultimately counts is experience - mainly from failures. So take my word - kill your urge to make use of pretty looking and so called smart-choice JavaScript plug-ins - they will make your life difficult later on. I just completed an assignment and like always, only used core JavaScript with some help from jQuery to add all event listener place-holders. Tabs, modal dialog, complex form elements and all; I did it on my own. It wasn't more than 4-5 lines of code each, anyway."<p>That, to me, is the most important part of the article. Not said nearly enough. If you have trouble implementing something like tabs in jQuery in under 3 lines you are missing fundamental understanding of front end development techniques. Front end plugins always lead to a huge lack of customization ability for a very small upfront time saving win (vs. traditional software libraries, which face similar issues but IMO the decision is not nearly as clear cut).