jQuery an open source javascript framework
Query is a JavaScript library that allows web developers to add extra functionality to their websites. It is open source and provided for free under the MIT license.
In recent years, jQuery has become the most popular JavaScript library used in web development.
In general jQuery is used for the following:
- Selecting and modify-ing DOm elements, cross browser
- Traversing DOM elements (with support for css 1-3)
- Events
- CSS-manipulatie
- Effecten en animaties
- Ajax calls
One of the most basic jQuery function is document.ready function. This function execute the moment the document is fully loaded and ensures you that you can access every element on the document:
$(function() {
console.log( "ready!" );
});
jQuery website: http://www.jQuery.com