jQuery Reading Assignment

[Jill_Brewer]

1. jQuery is a free code library for programmers to draw upon.

2. Developers can save time and increase functionality by using jQuery’s pre-written code.

3. The uncompressed .js file is easy to read but takes up a lot of file size, so there is a minified version which compresses the file by taking out white space and comments

[Anonymous]

1. What is jQuery?
   jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build javascript webpage and web app.
2. How does it help us as developers?
   jQuery can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 line of regular javascript code.
3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
   1st version is easy to read but has a lot of size
   2nd version is liteweight than 1st.

[CryptoPhoenix]

1. What is jQuery?
   -A library of commonly used JavaScript functions that are useful in building websites.

2. How does it help us as developers?
   -Saves time on writing code that other programmers have already written and debugged.

3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
   -The uncompressed is so human programmers can read and modify the library code, and the minified library saves space so it can be loaded on websites faster.

[stevesirag]

1. What is jQuery?

It’s a popular library that contains some complex functionality that would take a lot of code to mimic yourself.

2. How does it help us as developers?

We can reduce our code, make use of advanced functionality and deal with browser compatibility easier with jquery.

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

Uncompressed is for programmer reference, minified is for use in the actual programming and doesn’t make things human readable.

[Andtheknee]

1. it is a library of JS code that makes it simpler to build a dynamic website.
2. JQ allows developers to build a website with a “short hand” code. We can extract code from JQ and link it our site. We can use just one line of code to operate several lines of code from JQ
3. uncompressed is the larger version and gives us access to all the comments and the step by step process of how the code operates. It allows us to easily modify the code to meet our specific needs.
   minified code is a condensed code that still follows the same operation but its hard to follow and modify. It will load much faster than the uncompressed version.

[Missrant]

1 jQuery is a library that allows you to build web pages and apps.
2. It helps us as developers because it is easy to modify and read. It also makes it easy to write JavaScript in many different browsers.
3. There are 2 different versions the minified is small to allow the script to load faster.
The uncompressed version is easy to modify and read.

[Jins]

1. 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. With jQuery you can write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.

3. The uncompressed version is easier to read but the minified version is much smaller. Therefore the minified version is used if you’re programming a website

[cryptotech]

What is jQuery?

jQuery you can write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10-20 lines of regular JavaScript code.

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. jQuery is a lightweight, “write less, do more”, JavaScript library. It comes in 2 forms:

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.

How does it help us as developers?

Adding animated effects to elements.

Making XML (Ajax) requests.

Manipulating the DOM.

Creating image slideshows.

Making drop-down menus

Creating drag-and-drop interfaces

Adding power to forms.

You can do all of the above by writing your own JavaScript, but it’s so much easier just to use jQuery.

It allows us to write JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code, and is compatible with many different browsers.

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.

[Tomic]

1. jQuery is a library that makes it quicker and easier to build JavaScript webpages and web apps.
2. With jQuery you can write powerful JavaScript apps using fewer lines of code.
3. The minified removed all comments allowing for the faster loading speed. The uncompressed file is
   for developers that want to see the functions in a readable manner.

[carpenter]

1. What is jQuery?

jQuery is a JavaScript library to create JavaScript Apps much easier and take many lines of JavaScript code wraps them into methods that just uses a single line of code to accomplish the same tasks.

2. How does it help us as developers?

With jQuery, developers can save valuable time in coding more efficient and productive in web development. With hundreds of jQuery plugins available to even add more power and functionality into creating eye-catching animation and user experiences.

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

jQuery minified version is a compressed version where comments, whitespace and unnecessary characters are removed and great for production deployment, lightweight and quicker for download by user. The uncompressed version is ideal for development purposes as the source details which the actual CSS, can be viewed to make changes or for easy debugging issues.

[kdivus]

1. What is jQuery?

jQuery is a JavaScript based library that helps developers to build JavaScript apps faster and easily.

2. How does it help us as developers?

jQuery helps maintain ease of use and readability,
especially with working with the DOM and maintaining compatability with different browsers.

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

The minified has removed all of the comments and indention allowing for the fastest loading speed
when visiting the website.
The uncompressed file is for developers that want to see the functions in a readable manner.

[loso]

1. jQuery is one of the most popular free javascript libraries.
2. It helps us as developers because now rather than writing 20-30 lines of code for something we want to execute, using jquery we can execute that same code in 2-3 lines.
3. We have two versions that come in two sizes so that using jquery in a actual site does not slow down the user experience. Uncompressed is the full version that helps the programmer understand all the code and its functions. Minified would be used in the actual site and it compressed to a way smaller size so that download speeds aren’t greatly affected.

[PhilD99]

1. JQuery is a library that allows developers to build JavaScript webpages and web apps easily and quickly.
2. It allows developers to add animated effects to elements, to make Ajax requests, to manipulate the DOM, to create image slideshows, drop-down menus, drag and drop interfaces, and to add complexity to forms.
3. the uncompressed version has all the comments and whitespace that make it easy to read and modify, but it takes up a lot of space; whereas the minified version has all the comments and other unnecessary space and characters removes so that the file is much smaller.

[Philip78]

1. What is jQuery?
   JQuery is a library that makes it easier and quicker to build JavaScript webpages.
2. How does it help us as developers?
   It gives the possibility to create animations, Ajax requests, DOM manipulation, image effects and UI elements. The code is easily written for different browsers.
3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
   Minified jQuery is interesting for deployment since the file size is smaller. However, the uncompressed version is human readable and therfore better to understand the code.

[AlicePerry]

1. What is jQuery?
   It is a free and open source library for Javascript so you don’t have to reinvent the weel on fuctionalities already written.
2. How does it help us as developers?
   It makes it faster to implement functionalities, makes the written code shorter and so saves time.
3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
   The minified version has taken out all the unnecessary stuff out to make it download faster. The uncompressed version is esier to read and modify.

[KyleO]

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

2. With jQuery you have to write a single line of code to achieve what would have taken 10 - 20 line of regular JavaScript code.

3. The uncompressed .js file is easy to read. The minified .js file has all comments and spacing removed, so it is difficult to read, but is only 23kb, so it is smaller and better to embed on your site.

[Duende]

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. * 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.

[Kamil37]

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, so it can help us speed up codding process significantly I can imagine.

3. We have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed, because those differ in sizes so minified one is about 7 times smaller than uncompressed one and this is the version you’ll want to place on your site, as it’s much quicker for visitors to download.

[Jbomb2020]

1. it is a library designed to make websites and webapps quicker and faster. Your writing with what is one of code, rather than like 20 lines of js code.

2. So instead of writing lets say about 20 lines of js code to make a website without the amount of functionality. It is a no brainer to have a library such as this because you can do it all on one line. Also without a library like jQuery your js code may not appear the same way on all the browsers and boom now you have more work to do. jQuery’s strong points is that it makes it easy to write JavaScript that works on many different browsers. You just call the appropriate jQuery function and let jQuery deal with making the code run on different browsers

3. *uncompressed jquerys easy to read and modify, but it’s around 160kb in size (at the time of writing).
   *Minified 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.

[Tomahawk]

1. What is jQuery?
   jQuery is widely used free library for JavaScript.

2. How does it help us as developers?
   It can help to reduce the length of code. It is quicker. It cointains a lot of powerful stuff to work with such as effects etc. It also helps with code compatibility with different browsers.

3. Why do we have 2 version of jQuery - minified and uncompressed?
   Uncrompessed version is a bigger one - it cointains all the comments etc., so it is easy to read. However since it is big, it takes longer for user to download it etc. Therefore there is Minified version, which is simplified version - comments etc. are removed, so it is not easy to read, but it is quicker. You want Minified version to put on your website.