jQuery Reading Assignment

Javascript Programming
#603

What is jQuery?

jQuery is itself written in JavaScript, and comes in the form of a single .js file that you link to from your webpage. Your JavaScript code then accesses the library by calling various jQuery functions.

How does it help us as developers?

JQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.

Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?

Uncompressed is the easy to read and modify packaged library. The minified library is harder to read but all of the unecessary characters are removed from the library, which allows quicker download time for visitors.

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#604

  1. jQuery is a small, fast and feature-rich JavaScript Library. It has an easy to use API that works across multiple browsers. jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript

  2. jQuery makes it easier to write JavaScript apps. With a wide range of fancy codes in its library it saves a programmer time on writing the same code that has previously been wrote. As they say we could write it all on our own but what is the point in reinventing the wheel.

  3. Uncompressed is easy to read and modify as it only 160kb in size.

    Compresses version has all the comments, whitespace and other unnecessary characters removed from the file, squeezing the file down to a mere 23kb. This is recommended for you’re website and it’s easier accessed for programmers to download

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#605

Hi everybody, Im sorry for my basic english grammar and composing skills, but make sure to give a like or comment so I dont feel so lonely while doing this course

  1. What is jQuery?
    It seems that is a very very very popular JS library, and its free to use and its dual-licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses (whatever that means, I just copy and pasted that last part)
  2. How does it help us as developers?
    so we dont have to reinvent the wheel!! We can do many things such as adding animated effects, using drop down menus, choose the date part of the site and so on… many others which I dont understand, such as the ones that have to do with AJAX or the DOM manipulation
  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    one is for understanding it clearly (it has all the spaces and comments that make it easy to read and understand) but its more heavy weight, and the other one just has all the code pushed together in some way of amorphic kind of beast, but tis easier to download
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#606

Yeah i guess that makes sense… its just that there’s all these constant reminders and pointers that you should always write clean and readable code so that it’s easier for other devs to understand. This kinda contradicts that a bit. But i see the point. Thanks!

#607

  1. jQuery is a popular large library for JavaScript.

  2. It allows us to perform many commonly used functionalities without writing out the individual low abstraction level codes.

  3. Uncompressed is the version with indentations which would be easier to read and modify if you wanted to tweak something about an existing jQuery code. Minified removes all the spaces that are unnecessary from the computers perspective and is therefore smaller in byte size and faster/less demanding to load on the user end.

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#608

  1. What is jQuery? a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.

  2. How does it help us as developers? Often with jQuery you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.

  3. Why do we have 2 versions of jQuery -minified and uncompressed?

A) Size in the application. Uncompressed is easy to read but much bigger.160kb added to the app.
B) Compressed is much smaller (minified.js) has all comments, whitespace, and other unnecessary characters removed from the file, squeezing the whole library into a mere 23kb. Although you can’t easily read the code, this is the version you’ll want to place on your site, as it’s much quicker for visitors to download.

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#609

1. What is jQuery?
It’s a Javascript library comprised of functions and code to assist web developers in adding features to their projects quickly and efficiently.

2. How does it help us as developers?
Developers can call jQuery functions with a single line of code instead of writing extensive code themselves that do the same thing, and with jQuery your project code is neater and less cluttered.

3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
Minified is functional, efficient but less user friendly, and uncompressed is easier for developers to read and understand, likewise easier to manipulate and change where necessary.

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#610
  1. It’s a library of different javascript codes
  2. It makes it easier and faster to build the kind of program you, by using already written codes.
  3. minified - a much smaller code, making it a much faster for the visitor to browse the website
    uncompressed - a bigger file, making it a lot easier to read and modify the code. But will then take longer for the browse to read.
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#611

1.jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JS webpages and web apps.

2.jQuery makes it easy to write powerful JS apps that create eye-catching animated effects rivaling those of flash movies.

  1. The uncompressed.js file is easy to read and modify, but it’s about 160kb in size.
    The minified.js file hs all comments, whitespace, and other unnecessary characters removed from
    the file, squeezing the whole library into a mere 23kb.
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#612

1.jQuery is a popular library, that help us to build websites/apps with Javascript.
2. It allow us to do in a simple sentence of coding, what we typically do in 15-20 lines of code. It allows to create animated effects, making drop down menu, removing elements, Ajax request.
3. Uncompressed is easy to read and modify with bigger size 160 kb. Minified has unnecessary elements removed from the file, (ie whitespace…), shorter size of 23 kb. Harder to read the code, easier for visitors to quickly download.

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#613
  1. jQuery is a free to use Javascript code library
  2. We can reuse the code that works on every browser and save time.
  3. Minified goes into your webpage because its 6,66x smaller than the uncompressed
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#614

  1. What is jQuery?
    jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JS webpages and web apps.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    It makes it easy to write JS that works on many different browsers and it add many possibilities to what you can build.

  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    The uncompressed is easy to read but is a large file and minified carries the bare necessities making it quick to download and light to store.

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#615
  1. What is jQuery?

jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps

  1. How does it help us as developers?

It makes it easier to code a website, as a lot of the work has been done for you, allowing you to write achieve in 1 line of code what would normally take 10-20 lines.

  1. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?

Uncompressed allows the developer to see the detailed code and all of the notes that go with it. Minified removes as much as possible but keeps the raw code so that the website doesn’t take ages to load, but still has the functionality

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#616

  1. jQuery is the most utilized javascript library and contains a large multitude of functions and comments that are used across some of the most popular websites currently.

  2. jQuery enables developers to write programs in much fewer lines, as jQuery has all the additional functions already built in to the file. It also helps integrate websites to different web browsers, as it has the javascript functions to smoothly interact with most web browsers already built in.

  3. The 2 versions of jQuery are for two different purposes. Minified has removed all the comments and white space, containing only the necessary javascript code to reduce the file size. This is important for developers as it makes the webpage much quicker to download and run. The uncompressed version contains all the comments and white space in order for the developers to actually read the code and understand what benefits the code can offer.

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#617
  1. JQuery is a free online JavaScript library
  2. It helps developers save time in having to write the code out in full plus it will cover different browsers which may not read the version of JavaScript
  3. We have two versions of JQuery in Uncompressed so its easy to read and minified so the webpage loads quicker due to taking out blank spaces and squeezing the library down
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#618
  1. What is jQuery?
  • jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.
  1. How does it help us as developers?
  • Often with jQuery you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.
  1. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
  • The uncompressed .js file is easy to read and modify, but it’s around 160kb in size.
  • The minified .js file has all comments, whitespace, and other unnecessary characters removed from the file. Although you can’t easily read the code, this is the version you’ll want to place on your site, as it’s much quicker for visitors to download.
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#619
  1. jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.
  2. With jQuery you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.
  3. minified .js file is for performance
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#620

Q). What is jQuery?
A).jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps. Often with jQuery you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.
The jQuery library actually comes in 2 forms:

1).The uncompressed .js file is easy to read and modify, but it’s around 160kb in size (at the time of writing).
2).The minified .js file has all comments, whitespace, and other unnecessary characters removed from the file, squeezing the whole library into a mere 23kb. Although you can’t easily read the code, this is the version you’ll want to place on your site, as it’s much quicker for visitors to download.


Q).How does it help us as developers?
A). iT'S FREE, POWERFUL, TIME-SAVING. X BROWSER COMPATIBLE.
*)jQuery is a free JavaScript library.
*)With jQuery you can write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.
*j)Query is great for things like animations, Ajax requests, DOM manipulation, image effects, and user interface elements.
*)jQuery lets you easily write cross-browser JavaScript code.

Q).Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?

a). 1).The uncompressed .js file is easy to read and modify, but it’s around 160kb in size (at the time of writing).
2).The minified .js file has all comments, whitespace, and other unnecessary characters removed from the file, squeezing the whole library into a mere 23kb. Although you can’t easily read the code, this is the version you’ll want to place on your site, as it’s much quicker for visitors to download. ( PERFECT FOR MOBILE DEVICES, MUCH QUICKER TO LOAD). sIZE DOES MATTER, AFTERALL :joy: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#621

  1. What is jQuery?
    Ans: jQuery is a Javascript library that we can use to make our job of building web pages and web apps easier and faster.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    Ans: It helps us as developers by allowing us to perform some action by writing just one line of code using jQuery instead of writing 10-20 lines of code to perform the same action.

  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    Ans: We have two versions of jQuery so that users can pick whether they want the one which is small in size but difficult to read (minified) or the one that is large is size but easy to read (uncompressed)

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#622
  1. jQuery is a free javascript library which allows us to use a lot of functions
  2. It makes it easy and fast to write code.
  3. The uncompressed version is readable and maintanable, The minified version is as small as possible to allow for the script to load faster on pages.
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