@types/jquery

What is @types/jquery?

The @types/jquery package provides TypeScript type definitions for jQuery, a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It allows developers using TypeScript to get compile-time type checking and IntelliSense support when working with jQuery, ensuring that they use jQuery functions correctly according to their defined signatures.

What are @types/jquery's main functionalities?

DOM Manipulation

Allows for the manipulation of the HTML content of the selected elements. For example, changing the inner HTML of elements matching the selector.

$(selector).html(value)

Event Handling

Enables attaching event handlers to selected elements. For instance, executing a function when an element is clicked.

$(selector).click(function() { /* handler code here */ })

AJAX

Facilitates making asynchronous HTTP (AJAX) requests. This example demonstrates making a GET request to a specified URL and handling the response.

$.ajax({ url: 'example.com/api', success: function(result) { /* handle result */ } })

Effects and Animations

Provides easy-to-use functions for creating effects and animations on selected elements, such as fading them in.

$(selector).fadeIn()

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README

This package contains type definitions for jQuery.

The project URL or description is http://jquery.com/

These definitions were written by Boris Yankov https://github.com/borisyankov/, Christian Hoffmeister https://github.com/choffmeister, Steve Fenton https://github.com/Steve-Fenton, Diullei Gomes https://github.com/Diullei, Tass Iliopoulos https://github.com/tasoili, Jason Swearingen https://github.com/jasons-novaleaf, Sean Hill https://github.com/seanski, Guus Goossens https://github.com/Guuz, Kelly Summerlin https://github.com/ksummerlin, Basarat Ali Syed https://github.com/basarat, Nicholas Wolverson https://github.com/nwolverson, Derek Cicerone https://github.com/derekcicerone, Andrew Gaspar https://github.com/AndrewGaspar, James Harrison Fisher https://github.com/jameshfisher, Seikichi Kondo https://github.com/seikichi, Benjamin Jackman https://github.com/benjaminjackman, Poul Sorensen https://github.com/s093294, Josh Strobl https://github.com/JoshStrobl, John Reilly https://github.com/johnnyreilly/, Dick van den Brink https://github.com/DickvdBrink.

Typings were exported from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped in the jquery directory.

Additional Details

• Last updated: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:38:20 GMT
• Typings kind: Mixed
• Library Dependencies: none
• Module Dependencies: none
• Global values: jQuery, $