I know j in jQuery stands for JavaScript but what about query in jQuery ? What does that stand for ?
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I presume it has to do with the fact that it's often used to query the DOM, via selectors and so forth.
RenderIn
2010-02-25 20:34:13
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query
jQuery is -- at it's root -- about finding dom objects (using selectors) and manipulating them. You're querying the DOM for elements.
Typeoneerror
2010-02-25 20:34:55
the question is:... the j is for John (John Resig, the founder of the script) ?or j as in "Javascript" ?
pixeline
2010-02-25 20:36:04
Link should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jQuery
Obalix
2010-02-25 20:36:32
@pixeline: Probably both!
z-boss
2010-02-25 20:37:07
@Obalix Actually, he's really asking for a definition of query in general, so I thought that was more appropriate.
Typeoneerror
2010-02-25 20:37:24
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John Resig's reply to someone claiming the name "JQuery" for a project already:
I was, originally, going to use JSelect, but all the domain names were taken already. I then did a search before I decided to call the project jQuery, saw your project, and also saw that it hadn't been updated since "October 26, 2004: JQuery 3.1.3". So, I assumed it was defunct.
Roatin Marth
2010-02-25 20:39:36