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HTML Forms: jQuery Basics - Getting Started
by admin on Aug.01, 2010, under HTML, jQuery
So what is jQuery? From the jQuery web site: “jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.”
Okay, but what does that mean to me? Put simply, jQuery will help you write JavaScript faster using a simpler syntax. Instead of writing extra lines of code or the writing the same code over and over, you can use jQuery to consolidate the code. jQuery will do the heavy lifting while you can concentrate on the more important stuff.
jQuery also supports the idea of plugins. Plugins allow people to create mini-libraries that complement jQuery. The plugins can be anything from form validation to picture slide shows. We will look at plugins in future articles. (continue reading…)