jQuery is a JavaScript library, so it operates on top of JavaScript. It cannot exist on its own, so you can't use one over the other. You can use just JavaScript or JavaScript and jQuery. jQuery was introduced to make development with JavaScript easier. It will reduce the development time. Use it to add animation and even handling on your website. jQuery simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is easier to use compared to JavaScript and its other JavaScript libraries. You need to write fewer lines of code while using jQuery, ... Read More
You can add jQuery using CDN or through downloading it on local machine. For Local Installation, download jQuery library on your local machine and include it in your HTML code. The following are the steps:Go to the jQuery website to download the latest version available.Now put downloaded jquery-3.2.1.min.js file in a directory of your website, e.g. /jquery.You can try to run the following code to learn how to link jQuery from local machine:Live Demo
jQuery Example
$(document).ready(function(){
document.write("Hello, World!");
});
Hello
What is jQuery?
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript library primarily designed with a nice motto − Write less, do more. The main purpose of this library is to make it easier to use JavaScript on our website. jQuery simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery wraps many lines of JavaScript code into methods that we can call with a single line of code.
How to link jQuery?
There are two ways to link jQuery in an HTML page -
By downloading the ... Read More
jQuery is a JavaScript library primarily designed with the purpose to make it easier to use JavaScript on our website. jQuery wraps many lines of JavaScript code into methods that we can call with a single line of code. Google provides CDN support for jQuery via the googleapis.com domain. The latest version of Google CDN provides four different types of jQuery versions- normal (uncompressed), minified, slim, and slim & minified. Google CDN provides the jQuery via ajax.googleapis.com domain.Different jQuery VersionsjQuery is provided with different versions having different sizes or functionality. The four versions are discussed below.jquery.js is the normal jQuery ... Read More