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title: "Why do we use jQuery?"  
description: "Why do we use jQuery?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-01-18  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2278/why-do-we-use-jquery  
category: "javascript"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do we use jQuery?

Due to following advantages.

- Easy to use and learn.
- Easily expandable.
- Cross-browser support (IE 6.0+, FF 1.5+, Safari 2.0+, Opera 9.0+)
- Easy to use for DOM manipulation and traversal.
- Large pool of built in methods.
- AJAX Capabilities.
- Methods for changing or applying CSS, creating animations.
- Event detection and handling.
- Tons of plug-ins for all kind of needs.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Due to following advantages.

- Easy to use and learn.
- Easily expandable.
- Cross-browser support (IE 6.0+, FF 1.5+, Safari 2.0+, Opera 9.0+)
- Easy to use for DOM manipulation and traversal.
- Large pool of built in methods.
- AJAX Capabilities.
- Methods for changing or applying CSS, creating animations.
- Event detection and handling.
- Tons of plug-ins for all kind of needs.


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