JQuery

JQuery

JQuery is another javascript library which eases javascript developemt - and it also (of course) includes some Ajax functionality.

jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. It was released January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig.

Dual licensed under the MIT License and the GNU General Public License, jQuery is free, open source software.

Both Microsoft and Nokia have announced plans to bundle jQuery on their platforms, Microsoft adopting it initially within Visual Studio and use within Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX framework and ASP.NET MVC Framework whilst Nokia will integrate it into their Web Run-Time platform.


Features
jQuery contains the following features:

DOM element selections
DOM traversal and modification, (including support for CSS 1-3 and basic XPath)
Events
CSS manipulation
Effects and animations
Ajax
Extensibility
Utilities - such as browser version and the each function.
JavaScript Plugins