jQuery is a javascript library designed with a fast and light approach to programing in javascript. It was created by John Resig in 2006 with the motto of "write less, do more". jQuery simplifies HTML document traversing, event handing, animation, Ajax interactions and more.
- DOM Manipulation - jQuery makes it easy to traverse HTML elements. This also makes selecting elements extremely fast and easy.
- Event Handling - jQuery makes events like "clicking the mouse, hover over an item" easy to do in a quick and intuitive way.
- Animations - it comes with a number a animations that are commonly used.
- Lightweight - jQuery's js file is about 19kb.
- Ajax - Helps to develop a responsive site feature rich using Ajax. "I'll find out what this is later"
Find more information at jQuery.
No comments:
Post a Comment