jQuery is a cross browser fast and abstract JavaScript Library designed to simplify the HTML document traversing and client side scripting of HTML. It was released by BarCamp NYC's John Resig in January 2006.
jQuery is free, open source software, dual-licensed under the MIT License and the GNU General Public License, Version 2. jQuery syntax are too easy to use and navigate a document to select DOM elements, create animations, handle events, and develop Ajax applications.
With the help of jQuery developers can create plugins on top of the JavaScript library. It also helps to create powerful dynamic web pages.
jQuery features:
- DOM element selections using the cross-browser open source selector engine Sizzle, a spin-off out of the jQuery project
- DOM traversal and modification (including support for CSS 1-3)
- Events
- CSS manipulation
- Effects and animations
- Ajax
- Extensibility through plug-ins
- Utilities - such as browser version and the each function.
- Cross-browser support
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