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jQuery

Where interactive web development began for many of us.

Used at
  • Tugarê
  • Marvin
01Overview

jQuery simplified DOM manipulation, events and AJAX across browsers. Understanding it is still valuable when maintaining and modernizing legacy front-ends.

02Key concepts

What anyone working with it needs to understand

  1. 01

    Selectors

    Finding elements with CSS-like syntax.

  2. 02

    DOM manipulation

    Changing content, attributes and classes.

  3. 03

    Events

    Binding, delegation and the event object.

  4. 04

    AJAX

    Loading data asynchronously.

  5. 05

    Plugins

    Extending jQuery with reusable behavior.

  6. 06

    Modernizing

    Migrating from jQuery to native APIs and frameworks.

03In practice
Used at Tugarê and Marvin for interactive sites and legacy system maintenance.