jQuery is an
addition to JavaScript, that adds a framework that enhances simple JavaScript
to the point of providing massive new simplicity to many complex functions for
web sites.
jQuery, in many cases, provides simple functionality
in a single line of code that would otherwise require many lines of JavaScript
code to accomplish.
jQuery does
NOT replace JavaScript. It is an addition to JavaScript, and requires
JavaScript to be present and enabled in the client’s browser to function. The
code syntax is still JavaScript code.
If you are a
JavaScript expert, that is great, but you don’t need to be a JavaScript expert
to be able to code using jQuery. It will help to know some JavaScript, but you
do need to know how the syntax of JavaScript fits together at least.
The biggest
plus point to using jQuery, is the huge amount of jQuery plug-ins that allow
you to accomplish many, until now, impossibly difficult tasks, in a very simple
way.
I will show
you some basic jQuery that will become invaluable to you as a coding tool. I
will also include links to jQuery plug-ins that I find useful.
Happy reading…
