React JS: Why you should never use it
In recent years, there have been more and more JavaScript frameworks being released. One of these frameworks is ReactJS,...
jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to allow developers to do more with JavaScript, with less code. The popularity of jQuery has grown, and it is now used on more than 65% of the highest trafficking websites. The open-source syntax allows developers to easily target Document Object Model (DOM) elements, build AJAX functions, animations, and handle events triggered by the user in the browser.
The dynamic approach of jQuery allows web pages to be manipulated within the browser, meaning that in just a few clicks, the page can look totally different to the page that was downloaded when initially loading the page.
Functions included as default in jQuery allow developers to animate elements with very little code. jQuery is also easy to extend, allowing developers to create they own functions, set default attributes for the functions, and then call the function, and override the defaults within the scripts. This extendibility allows functions to be written once, an reused wherever necessary.
I use jQuery to run AJAX functions, call functions when triggered by buttons on the website to add interaction to the site, and storing / processing data in-browser on the website.