What is jQuery

ByWalter Wimberly

jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It simplifies HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. It is written in and for JavaScript and designed for web front-end applications only. It is a lightweight library (30kb minified and gzipped) that supports accessing web elements via CSS3…

What is a Software Library

ByWalter Wimberly

A programming library is a collection of pre-written code that developers can use. Libraries provide reusable chunks of code that can be used to create applications quickly and easily. Libraries are targeted for specific, common problems and include different pre-coded components that can be customized to solve the problem for you. For example, let’s say…