jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. Used by over 41% of the 10,000 most visited websites, jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today. We can develop advanced animation, Ajax solutions, interactivity like drag-and-drop, tree view, scroll, carousel, virtual tour, 3600 tour, advanced data grid, forms etc. JQuery also provides an elegant solution to validation and image galleries. jQuery also provides capabilities for developers to create plugins on top of the JavaScript library. Using these facilities, developers are able to create abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, theme-able widgets.
jQuery is fast becoming a strong alternative to Flash and it is highly compatible with all major browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome and etc. It also makes sure that your website looks same on all smart phones like iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other instruments.
jQuery contains the following features:
- DOM element selections using the cross-browser open source selector engine.
- DOM traversal and modification
- Events.
- CSS manipulation.
- Effects and animations
- AJAX
- Extensibility through plug-ins.
- Utilities - such as browser version and the each function.
- Cross-browser support.