jQuery has become the standard for JavaScript front-end development. With a highly extensible set of a plugins that are extremely lightweight and easy to implement, jQuery has become a favorite amongst designers and developers alike.
What is it?
jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today. jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. The modular approach to the jQuery framework allows the creation of powerful and dynamic web pages and web applications. jQuery has also been extended to a mobile version of the frameworks with the advent of jQuery Mobile.
jQuery is free, open source software, dual-licensed under the MIT License and the GNU General Public License, Version 2. jQuery’s syntax is designed to make it easier to navigate a document, select DOM elements, create animations, handle events, and develop Ajax applications. jQuery also provides capabilities for developers to create plug-ins on top of the JavaScript library. Even Microsoft is adopting it initially within Visual Studio for use within Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX framework and ASP.NET MVC Framework.
Strengths
- Easy to use and implement
- Vast library to perform endless functions
- Strong open source community, great documentation and tutorials
