Getting started with jQuery
The jQuery library can be downloaded from http://jquery.com. The latest version of jQuery is 3.0.0 and you can use this library if you are targeting modern browsers; for example, IE 9 and Microsoft Edge support this version. For older versions—for example, IE 6-8—you can download jQuery 1.x.
Once jQuery is downloaded, you can add it to your project and reference it, as shown here:
<head> <script src="~/scripts/jquery.js"></script> </head> <body> </body>
Using a content delivery network
Instead of loading jQuery from your server, we can also load it from some other server, such as the Microsoft server or Google server. These servers are called the content delivery network (CDN) and they can be referenced as shown here:
- Referencing the Microsoft CDN:
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-2.0.js"> </script>
- Referencing the Google CDN:
<script src="http://ajax...
