what is jquery and why we use it ?

Jquery : - it is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development

Advanctage of Jquery :-

• It helps to improve the performance of the application
• It helps to develop most browser compatible web page
• It helps to implement UI related critical functionality without writing hundreds of lines of codes
• It is fast
• It is extensible – jQuery can be extended to implement customized behavior
• The price is right. The jQuery library is free.
• It's light. Since jQuery pushes content to the client, it therefore reduces the wait time for server response. Plus, it's smaller than Flash, so it results in smoother playbacks and less errors.
• It works anywhere. HTML5 is cross-browser compatible-it will work on any browser, mobile phone or tablet, and even on Apple devices.
• There's a low learning curve. Since it's based on plain old JavaScript, developers can learn jQuery fast.
• Finally, jQuery is SEO friendly and CSS3 compliant.

I hope this lesson increase your knowledge about jquery basic .

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