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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@types/underscore
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Installation
npm install --save @types/jquery
Summary
This package contains type definitions for jQuery (http://jquery.com/).
Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/jquery/v2
Additional Details
- Last updated: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:34:20 GMT
- Dependencies: none
- Global values: $, jQuery
Credits
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, 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, Thomas Schulz https://github.com/King2500, Leonard Thieu https://github.com/leonard-thieu.