@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

Installation

npm install --save @types/jquery

Summary

This package contains type definitions for jquery (https://jquery.com).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/jquery

Additional Details

• Last updated: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:07:11 GMT
• Dependencies: @types/sizzle
• Global values: $, Symbol, jQuery

Credits

These definitions were written by Leonard Thieu https://github.com/leonard-thieu, 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, and Terry Mun https://github.com/terrymun.