New to JQuery. I have been working in ExtJS for the past year and have 

been doing various levels of JS for past ten years. However I don't know what this

syntax is for.

Example below from the tutorial page. But does not tell me what the heck syntax $() is.

Would someone please explain to me why it is used and what for example

the $("a") is suppose to be pointing to?

<script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("a").click(function(event){ alert("As you can see, the link no longer took you to jquery.com"); event.preventDefault(); }); }); </script>

I've only been tossed onto this JQuery stuff because some I'm getting into Android

app development and it is using JQuery.

Thanks for the help :)