JQuery Introduction


jQuery is a JavaScript Library.

jQuery greatly simplifies JavaScript programming

The purpose of jQuery is to make it much easier to use JavaScript on your website.

What is jQuery?

jQuery is a lightweight, "write less, do more", JavaScript library.

The jQuery library contains the following features:
  • HTML/DOM manipulation
  • CSS manipulation
  • HTML event methods
  • Effects and animations
  • AJAX
  • Utilities
Tip: In addition, jQuery has plugins for almost any task out there.

Why jQuery?

There are lots of other JavaScript frameworks out there, but jQuery seems to be the most popular, and also the most extendable.

Many of the biggest companies on the Web use jQuery, such as:
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • Netflix

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