Asking AI to Rewrite Old jQuery as Modern React

AI is great at translating between frameworks when you give it real before-and-after context

Some examples

• Pasting a 30-line jQuery click handler
• Asking Claude to keep the same DOM structure
• Comparing the diff line by line

Try it!

Open your favorite AI tool and try one of the examples above. Pick the one that matches what you are actually working on this week. Spend 10 minutes, no more. Notice what worked and what did not — that's the real lesson.

Practice this safely

Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.

1. 1Ask AI to explain jQuery in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
2. 2Give it one detail from "Asking AI to Rewrite Old jQuery as Modern React" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
3. 3Check React hooks against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.