Friday, January 14, 2011

What’s so good about jQuery?

You’ve read that jQuery makes it easy to play with the DOM, add effects, and execute
Ajax requests.

Cross browsing
One of the biggest benefits of jQuery is that it handles a lot of infuriating cross-browser issues for you.
Support CSS3
jQuery also fully supports the upcoming CSS3 selector specification.
Utilities
Also included is an assortment of utility functions that implement common functions useful for writing jQuery (or are missing from JavaScript!): string trimming, the ability to easily extend objects, and more.
Support() function
One noteworthy utility is the supports function, which tests to find certain features are available on the current user’s browser
Widgets and Effects
JQuery has already been used to make some impressive widgets and effects.
Plugin
The jQuery team has taken great care in making the jQuery library extensible. By including only a core set of features while providing a framework for extending the library, they’ve made it easy to create plugins that you can reuse in all your jQuery projects, as well as share with other developers.
Clean markup
 jQuery makes it a cinch to completely rid your markup of inline scripting, thanks to its ability to easily hook elements on the page and attach code to them in a natural

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