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JavaScript

Posted by Reggie Sibley
Reggie Sibley
6,018 Points

Jquery

So, i'm having a hard time understanding exactly what everything does in Jquery. such as the DOM and what in simplest form. Jquery actually changes or does. does it actually make changes to HTML or CSS? or does it just add effects to it? I have a decent understanding of it. but not quite sure what Jquery's primary job is. Hopefully this makes since...

1 Answer

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

jQuery can modify the html, css and effect the DOM. I would definitely encourage you to try reading thru the W3Schools.com website on jQuery and try freecodingschool.com to get the basics of jQuery. For me, just reading thru the documentation on W3Schools gave me a much better understanding and, going to back watch the videos made much more sense.

for example...

this would allow you to put in new html

$('.yourClass').html( "<p>All new content. <em>You bet!</em></p>" );

this would allow you to modify css

$('#yourID').css("color", "purple");

modify the DOM

$('your element').remove();