I&#x27;d argue you are pulling in a large library that has much more functionality and bloat than you actually need.  For ajax, I&#x27;d prefer something like axios which uses es6 niceties like Promises and is much more targeted in its usage.<p>jQuery was originally a bridge for the gaps between browsers for lots of basic functionality.  These days, all modern browsers give you a decent starting point with plain js, meaning there&#x27;s not a whole lot of things that you really <i>need</i> jQuery for.  Secondly, you mention that you are using angular, which already provides its own $http and $resource libraries for ajax... which I think shows even further that you don&#x27;t actually need jQuery.