jQuery & jQuery Plugins
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What is it?
An old, reliable JavaScript library for making Javascript coding easier. Still in use in many websites, but usually developers prefer more modern tools now.
Why did we choose it?
Largely because I am an ancient fossil and am used to it, but also because it's a very lightweight library, both in terms of being very small in filesize, and also in that it doesn't add a lot of bulk or overhead to a project in coding terms.
What do we use it for?
Mostly just as a convenience, for making JavaScript coding a little simpler than normal 'vanilla' JavaScript. We also use a few jQuery plugins for the same reasons, as it makes no sense to re-implement these features from scratch.
Which jQuery plugins do we use?
At present, we use the following:
- jQuery UI (https://jqueryui.com/)
- jQuery DateTimePicker (https://github.com/xdan/datetimepicker)