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I know j in jQuery stands for JavaScript but what about query in jQuery ? What does that stand for ?
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jQuery is -- at it's root -- about finding dom objects (using selectors) and manipulating them. You're querying the DOM for elements. the question is: ... the j is for John (John Resig, the founder of the script) ? or j as in "Javascript" ?
jQuery is an open-sourced JavaScript library that simplifies creation and navigation of web applications. Specifically, jQuery simplifies HTML Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and event handling.
jQuery is the most popular library on the web today. It's a library of JavaScript functions that make it easy for webpage developers to do common tasks-- like manipulating the webpage, responding to user events, getting data from their servers, building effects and animations, and much more.
JQuery is a JavaScript framework and library that adds CSS-like selectors, animations and handy functions to your Web programming arsenal. When jQuery scripts fail to work on your Web server, chances are the jQuery file is missing or you did not include it correctly in your HTML code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query
jQuery is -- at it's root -- about finding dom objects (using selectors) and manipulating them. You're querying the DOM for elements.
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John Resig's reply to someone claiming the name "JQuery" for a project already:
I was, originally, going to use JSelect, but all the domain names were taken already. I then did a search before I decided to call the project jQuery, saw your project, and also saw that it hadn't been updated since "October 26, 2004: JQuery 3.1.3". So, I assumed it was defunct.
See http://ejohn.org/blog/barcampnyc-wrap-up/#comment-1927
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