jQuery Basics

Structure Of A jQuery Script

Typically, your scripts will follow the pattern shown in the following code snippet.


<!DOCTYPE html> /*from   w  w w.  j a  v a 2s. c o m*/
<html>
<head> 
    <script src="http://yourServer.com/jQuery/jquery.min.js"></script> 
    <script> 
        jquery code here
    </script> 
</head> 
<body> 
  <p>Your tags here</p>
</body> 
</html>

jQuery core function

The jQuery core function(factory object) is referenced as either.

jQuery()

or

$()

$() is a "function".

It can accept:

  • a selector string
  • a string of raw HTML
  • a DOM element
  • an existing jQuery object

$() returns a jQuery object. The jQuery object has several methods, for example, $.ajax() or $.each().

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