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What is JQuery?

jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers. With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript … full article

jQuery was originally created in January 2006

What is JQuery UI?

jQuery UI is a collection of GUI widgets, animated visual effects, and themes implemented with jQuery (a JavaScript library), Cascading Style Sheets, and HTML. According to JavaScript analytics service, Libscore, jQuery UI is used on over 197,000 of the top one million websites, making it the second most popular JavaScript library. Notable users include Pinterest, PayPal, IMDb, The Huffington Post, and Netflix.

More JavaScript

Arrays, forEach, creating objects as JSON, creating objects in methods, creating objects in ctor methods, adding function to an object, arguments in functions, ES6 shortcuts

More topics covered:

• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Minify javascript
• import jquery into HTML page
• JQuery – dollar sign $
• JQuery on page load function
• JQuery selectors
• JQuery animations
• JQuery adding events

Links:

• Class code: JQuery intro
• Class code: JQuery more …
• Class code: more js …
• JQuery – demo
• JQuery home page
• JQuery ui page
• Importing JQuery – w3schools
• Learning JQuery – w3schools
• Lesson Summary Video!