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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Perform: Part 3

Posted by Joseph Graham
Joseph Graham
289 Points

I think jQuery not JavaScript library i think jQuery own web base programming Language like TypeScript what do you think

jQuery own web base programming Language

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I just watched a video on it, changed my mind. I'm gonna pass on that for now.

5 Answers

miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hi Joseph,

TypeScript is an entirely different language from JavaScript — it's technically a superset of JS, but same-same — and as such needs to be transpiled to JS before any JS engine/interpreter can understand it. jQuery, on the other hand, is literally JavaScript; no transpilation necessary. So, no: jQuery is not its own language; TypeScript definitely is.

nfs
nfs
35,526 Points
nfs
nfs
35,526 Points

Thanks for bringing the matter of TypeScript up... I'll soon be googling about that.

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I just looked it up, never heard mention of it before. I say YES to TypeScript :D Thanks for bringing it to the forum.

claudius mainja
claudius mainja
9,661 Points
claudius mainja
claudius mainja
9,661 Points

jQuery is part , of javascript isn't it its like a child of javaScript like saying Js is the mother hence JQuery is not its own programming language

miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hi Claudius,

jQuery is JavaScript. As in, jQuery is a bunch of text that is written in the language known as JavaScript. There's really no parent-child relationship here. One thing just is a product of the other thing.

claudius mainja
claudius mainja
9,661 Points
claudius mainja
claudius mainja
9,661 Points

Thank you Mikis , did note that just now