RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10 - Third Edition

Consuming RESTful services with jQuery

JQuery is a fast, light, and powerful JavaScript library; it eliminates DOM-related complexity by providing direct access to HTML elements once the DOM three has been loaded. To use jQuery within an HTML document, you have to import it:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js "></script>

Assume that somewhere within an HTML document, there is a button defined as <input type="button" id="btnDelete" value="Delete"/>.

To assign a function to the click event of this button with JQuery means we need to do the following:

1. Import the jquery library in the HTML document
2. Assure that the DOM document of the HTML document is completely loaded
3. Access the button using the identifier ...