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6/1/2013 4:33:50 PM
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Is javascript and JQuery the same thing?
I have a couple questions.. What benefits do you get from knowing javascript or jquery? I know for javascript, you can use it for website creating but if I should learn one, javascript or jquery, which one should I learn (first)? I am / want to be a web and app developer. I had a job interview recently and I told them that I am currently reading a textbook to learn javascript and they recommended learning Jquery so I was wondering, is it the same thing?
I've google'd around and people said Javscript is the actual language while Jquery is 'libraries' or whatever, im wondering which one would be more useful for me to know when it comes to developing websites and web applications?
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4 RepliesjQuery is a Javascript library; a library of code written using Javascript. So the way I see it, if you "know" Javascript, then you "know" jQuery. However, there are a couple of important things to remember. jQuery implements a lot of DOM and CSS related stuff, which isn't exclusive to Javascript. Again, Javascript is just a language. So "knowing" jQuery might also relate to those as well. Although I'd like to think that because Javascript is near-exclusive* to front-end web development, developers using Javascript would (and should!) have an excellent understand of DOM and CSS and how to manipulate them. * You can write Windows 8 Metro apps with Javascript!
