Why jQuery works well
With the resurgence of interest in dynamic HTML comes a proliferation of JavaScript frameworks. Some are specialized, focusing on just one or two of the tasks previously mentioned. Others attempt to catalog every possible behavior and animation and serve these all up prepackaged. To maintain the wide range of features outlined earlier while remaining relatively compact, jQuery employs several strategies:
- Leverage knowledge of CSS: By basing the mechanism for locating page elements on CSS selectors, jQuery inherits a terse yet legible way of expressing a document's structure. The jQuery library becomes an entry point for designers who want to add behaviors to their pages, because a prerequisite for doing professional web development ...
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