What Is jQuery? A Look At the Web’s Most-Used JavaScript Library

Explore the world of jQuery — AKA the web's most-used JavaScript library — in this thorough guide 🚀
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It would be hard to overstate the impact jQuery had on web development after the open-source JavaScript library was released more than 15 years ago. A toolbox that created a new shorthand for otherwise complex JavaScript programming, jQuery continues to live up to its developers’ motto: “Write less, do more.”

Even today, jQuery is popular among professional developers, while others with little or no programming experience can use the library to add advanced functionality to their websites. Tune in to understand what’s behind one of web development’s biggest success stories 💪

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🕘Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:51 What Is jQuery UI?
1:15 A Brief History of jQuery
2:29 What’s the Difference Between jQuery and JavaScript?
3:43 How To Use jQuery on Your Website
4:49 Linking to jQuery on a CDN
5:14 Invoking jQuery in Your Application
5:38 Selecting Elements in the DOM with jQuery
6:27 Manipulating the DOM With jQuery
6:49 Handling Events With jQuery
7:49 Handling Ajax Requests With jQuery
8:26 How To Use jQuery UI
9:13 How To Use jQuery in WordPress
9:50 Registering Your jQuery JavaScript in functions.php
11:34 How To Load jQuery from a CDN in WordPress

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📚 Resources

⚙️ Linking to jQuery on a CDN
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🛠 Attach jQuery UI’s datepicker() method using a selector
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⚙️ Registering Your jQuery JavaScript in functions.php
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🛠 How To Load jQuery from a CDN in WordPress
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