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title: "What is JQuery?"  
description: "jQuery is a framework built using JavaScript capabilities. So while developing your applications using jQuery, you can use all the functions and other"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-01-17  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/97/what-is-jquery  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is JQuery?

jQuery is a framework built using JavaScript capabilities. So while developing your [applications](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12847/how-to-choose-the-right-ethernet-cable-for-industrial-applications) using jQuery, you can use all the functions and other capabilities available in JavaScript.jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-[side scripting](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156500/is-javascript-only-client-side-scripting-language) of HTML. jQuery is free, open [source software](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30419/what-is-open-source-software), dual-licensed under the MIT License and the GNU [General Public](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97352/when-did-cameras-start-being-used-by-the-general-public) License, Version 2. jQuery's syntax is designed to make it easier to navigate a document, select DOM elements, create animations, [handle events](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157865/how-does-knockoutjs-handle-events-and-event-binding), and develop Ajax applications. jQuery also provides capabilities for developers to create plugins on top of the JavaScript library. Using these facilities, developers are able to create abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, theme-able widgets. This contributes to the creation of powerful and dynamic [web pages](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/367/transferring-data-between-asp-dot-net-web-pages).

##### Features of JQuery

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The jQuery library contains the following features:

· HTML element selections

· HTML element manipulation

· CSS manipulation

· HTML event functions

· JavaScript Effects and animations

· HTML DOM traversal and modification

· AJAX

· Utilities

##### Including JQuery Library

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The jQuery library is a single JavaScript file, containing all of its common DOM, event, effects, and Ajax functions. It can be included within a [web page](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/718/sql-server-report-alignment-to-center-of-web-page) by linking to a local copy, or to one of the many copies available from public servers (such [as Google](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95423/how-do-i-do-fetch-as-google-webmaster-tools-in-seo) or Microsoft).

For linking to local copy you need to download it. You can download it from here.

Now for linking it to [your page](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32580/how-do-you-pay-facebook-to-help-boost-your-page), you can include it.

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

Or if you want to link it directly to through the copies available from public servers you can use.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

Or

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>

For more details about JQuery visit: http://jquery.com/

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