jQuery Reading Assignment

  1. What is jQuery?
  • jQuery is a free JavaScript library.
  1. How does it help us as developers?
  • With jQuery you can write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.
  • jQuery 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.
  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 (at the time of writing).
  • 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.
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  1. jQuery is a library that enables quicker building of webpages and web apps.
  2. with jQuery you can write a single line of code that would have taken 20 lines of regular javascript code.
  3. minified: much quicker to download for visitors, uncompressed: easier to read and modify
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  1. jQuery is a very widely used JavaScript library.
  2. By linking the .js file to your project you may call on any of the many functions contained within the jQuery library.
  3. The uncompressed version of jQuery is very easy to read and has commentary to explain everything, the minified version has all the unnecessary documentation/commentary stripped away, this is the form used for linking to your project.
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  1. What is jQuery?
    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.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    Maintain ease of use and readability, especially with working with the DOM and maintaining compatability with different browsers.

  3. Why do we have 2 versions 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, squeezing the whole library into a mere 23kb. Although you can’t easily read the code, this is the version you’lll want to place on your site as it’s much quicker for visitors to download.

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1- jQuery is a javascript based library that helps developers to build javascript apps faster and easier.
2- It has got functions and support for day to day javascript-based tasks that we can use easily. By using it we can create slideshows, popup menus, drop down menus, advanced form elements, manipulate DOM, and much more easily. It’s got plugins that are built for it to achieve extra functionality in your web app.
3- uncompressed is a version to understand it or read it and compressed version that is minified version is to use in web apps coz it’s smaller in size and it has no comments, spaces or extra stuff that we do not need.

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  1. jQuery is a free JavaScript library.

  2. jQuery, like most libraries, saves developers time by not having to reinvent the wheel; they can reuse code. It is also handy for animation and UI, and easily lets us compose cross-browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox) code.

  3. The minified .js file (at 23kb) is the jQuery file with all ‘unnecessary’ parts removed, including whitespace, comments and miscellaneous characters. It’s not human-friendly, but it’s much quicker to load, so think of it as the production-ready version.
    The uncompressed .js file (at 160kb) is human-friendly, but comparably larger, so not ideal for production use.

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  1. What is jQuery?
    It’s one of the most popular JS libarie.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    It allows us to build webpages more effectively by reducing the amount of code needed to implement many features.

  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    The uncompressed version is the formatted, readable version, which is 160kb
    The minified version is only 23kb, but it has all unnecessary characters and formatting removed, so it’s difficult for a human to parse, but faster for users to download. This is the version one would eventually want to use on their website to optimize loading times.

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  1. jQuery is a JavaScript library which contains many functions we can use in our programs.

  2. It helps developers because it allows us to use create functionality in just one or two lines instead of ten to twenty.

  3. The uncompressed version of jQuery is for reading and is a larger file size. The minified version removes all unnecessary white space and comments which makes it hard to read but a much smaller file size which loads faster on the web page.

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  1. What is jQuery?
    It is a compilation of JS code available for any programmer to use.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    I contains many useful functions that other programmers have figured out so that you do not have to reinvent the wheel.

  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    A full version that is easy to read and modify and a concise version that makes for quicker downloads.

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  1. jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript web pages and web apps.
  2. It helps developers write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.
  3. Minified allows developers to have a modified version to add to web sites which will not take up the amount of space that is required with the uncompressed version and will be much faster to load.
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  1. jQuery is a library of functions and code to help programmers achieve things a lot more faster and with cleaner code.

  2. As developers we can use code that has already been optimized and we don’t have to waste time to figure out complicated algorithms and just spend more time trying to make the reused code even better.

  3. The uncompressed file is mainly just for inspecting the code to read the comments and to see if anything can be optimized. The minified files removes unnecessary or redundant data without affecting how the resource is processed by the browser.

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  1. JQuery is a library of functionality written in Javascript and developed over past 4 years. It is free to use under an open-source license.

  2. It helps developers as to use its own tagline you can “Write less, Do more”. You can spend more time on the unique features of your project by using tried and tested functions from the libraries and the vast array of available plugins.

  3. The two version are essentially for development and production use. The minified version has all unnecessary comments and white-space removed for faster loading and the uncompressed version is well documented with comments.

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What is jQuery?

jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.
With jQuery, you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.

How does it help us as developers?

Its time saving and efficient
With jQuery, you can write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.

Why do we have two versions of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?

Both give the same functionality, but minified.js has compressed all the data into one chunk of text and minimizing
the file size witch also makes the website load faster.
The uncompressed .js file is cleaner and easier to read and modify but is larger in size.

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1.) jQuery is is a Javascript library that helps programmers to build JavaScript web pages and web apps.

2.) jQuery helps Dev’s. by using a link to the js code in the library your program code will use a lot less lines and make it easier to read/follow your code.

3.) We have 2 versions of jQuery because one is, (Uncompressed) which give all notations and makes it easy to read and modify but the files are very large so they can be time consuming to download. The other version is (Minified) which takes out all of the notations from the code to make the file sizes much smaller and easier to download but they can be more difficult to read the code.

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1 & 2 What is jQuery and How it helps us developers.

jQuery is a JavaScript library which contains code that is ready to use for programmers. Programmers do not need to create all of the code from scratch since there are solutions for common problems in programming. jQuery has code for various aspects of programming such as DOM manipulation, image effects, animation and Ajax requests. The code is also compatible with all browsers.

  1. Why do we have 2 versions of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    The minified version is a stripped down version of the uncompressed version and it’s the version you want to use for placing in the site for faster downloads.
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1- jQuery is a javascript based library that helps developers to build javascript apps faster and easily.
2- It has got functions and support for day to day javascript based tasks that we can use easily. By using it we can create slideshows, popup menus, drop down menus, advanced form elements, manipulate DOM and much more easily. Its got plugins that are built for it to achieve extra functionality in your web app.
3- uncompressed is a version to understand it or read it and compressed version that is minified version is to use in web apps coz its smaller in size and it has no comments, spaces or extra stuff that we do not need.

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  1. jQuery is one of the most popular javaScript coding libraries.

  2. jQuery helps developers burrow code from its library so that they dont have to waste time writing code that has already been written.

  3. there are two versions of the code, to allow the devs to know whats exactly in the code in the form of comments, and the compressed code that is coded into the program.

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  1. What is jQuery?
    Is a JavaScript library that allows you to create JavaScript webpages and web apps quicker and easier.

  2. How does it help us as developers?
    It allows us to reuse code(particularly functions) to create programs easier and faster. What could take 20 lines of could can now be down in one.

  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    So minified is quicker for visitors to download but it removes all the comments, whitespaces and other unnecessary characters.
    Uncompressed is easier to read and modify but the file is pretty large in size.

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  1. What is jQuery?
    A: a JavaScript library that gives you access to many different things to built web pages easier and faster.
  2. How does it help us as developers?
    A: It helps us by providing quick ways to solve problems of which other programmers have already solved.
  3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
    A: Uncompressed is for developers and minified is for common usage.
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What is jQuery?
jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps

How does it help us as developers?
It saves time by being able to focus on your project code and keeps code consistent.

Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
Uncompressed .file has all the programmers notes in file. Minified file has all unnecessary characters removed for a faster screen load.

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