Jquery Overview-Trickcode

In the previous chapter, we go through an introduction of jquery and its features. Now we going to learn about the overview and the installation of jquery.

Jquery turns the web technology has most interactive and its unique features are push the developers to hang of it. Its popularity can be attributed to the creation of a dynamic web page, speed, simplicity and it's versatility.

Who Use Jquery

Jquery plays the biggest role on the web. It is used in many companies like Microsoft, Google Chrome, Firefox, IBM, Netflix, Sony, and more. The Following List is some of the technologies that possess jquery.

• Google Chrome add-ons, chrome OS apps
• Mozilla XUL apps
• Firefox extensions, Firefox OS apps
• Windows 8 Store apps
• BlackBerry 10 WebWorks apps
• PhoneGap/Cordova apps.

Browser Support

jquery supports the following browsers

• IE 6.0+
• FF 2.0+
• Safari 3.0+
• Chrome
• Opera 9.0+

Jquery is a cross-platform library. It has good functionality which helps to run exactly the same in all browsers.

Version of Jquery

Jquery is open-source software. So a needy can easily get the jquery. It possesses two major versions, that are as follows

Production Version

• It is a minified or compressed version. So we can't make the changes.

Development Version

• It hasn't compressed so then we can easily make changes and can see how jquery works on your desired system.
• It mostly used for the purpose of development and Testing. So the developer can run it into error and learn how to encounter a problem while using jquery.

How To Use Jquery

Installation- Local

• Download Jquery by clicking on this link http://www.jquery.com and get the latest version of the jquery file.(Ex:jquery 1.3.2.min.js)
• Copy the .js file into your root web directory Ex: www.test.com/jquery-1.3.2.min.js
• In your HTML file Ex: index.html between the head tags include the following code, and then JQuery will be installed.

ex:-

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"> </script>

Installation-CDN Based

• First, download your desired jquery version file into the browser file.
• Copy the Url and put it between the script's src attribute.

Ex:-

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"> </script>

CDN Installation Advantage
CDN based installation has many advantages

• In CDN based installation we can include the jQuery library into your HTML code directly from Content Delivery Network.
• Google and Microsoft both have CDNs that are free for personal and commercial use.
• CDN based installation has all capability to run most browser's technology precisely.