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 (https://jquery.com).
Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/jquery.
Additional Details
- Last updated: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:23:17 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).