What is exactly is JQuery? I've heard of it, and I have mainly been programming in C, C++, and web languages (Javascript, Java, PHP etc). When I go into the theme or plugin editor of my WordPress sites, I see there is some JQuery code. I'd like to develop my own plugin/theme one day and always thought PHP would be the language, but could JQuery help me for certain additional functionality?
jQuery is a JavaScript library that simplifies certain tasks while taking care of some cross-browser issues behind the scenes. All of the interaction takes place on the client-side and can be used to interact with server-side code via AJAX.
So it makes things like html scripting easier and more compatible with other browsers for example? Does the WordPress platform use it for their html/php editor? I'm wondering if I would need to know how to code with this library if I wanted to make a WordPress plugin I guess. I've heard JQuery is the most popular JavaScript library. I'm not even sure I know how to word my question right, but I'm just trying to do some research on it. Thanks for your replies.
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