jQuery is a fast, small and feature rich JavaScript library that is included in a .js file.
jQuery makes life of a web developer easier. It provides many built-in functions that you can use to complete various tasks easily and quickly.
jQuery provides following important features:
DOM Selection: jQuery provides the selector to retrieve the DOM elements on the basis of various criteria such as name, id, css, name of the class, attribute name, price, hierarchy etc.
Dom Manipulation: You can use DOM elements by using various built-in jQuery functions. For example, adding or removing elements, modifying HTML content, CSS class etc.
Special effects: You can apply special effects to the DOM elements such as fade-out, sliding effects, animation, etc., from show or hide element, fade-in or visibility.
Events: The jQuery library includes functions that are equivalent to DOM events such as clicks, dblclick, mousecenter, mouseleave, blur, keyup, keydown, etc. These functions automatically handle cross-browser issues.
Ajax: It's also easy to use AJAX functions to load data from the server without reloading the whole page in jQuery.
Advantages of jQuery:
- Learning is simple: Learning jQuery is easy because it supports the same JavaScript style coding.
- Write less and write: jQuery provides a rich set of features that increase the productivity of developers by writing less and readable code.
- Excellent API Documentation: jQuery provides excellent online API documentation.
- Cross-Browser Support: jQuery offers excellent cross-browser support without writing additional code.
- Indivisible: jQuery is inseparable which allows to separate the concerns by isolating HTML and jQuery code.
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