In this chapter, we learned how to make jQuery available to JavaScript code on our web page, use the $() function to locate a part of the page that has a given class, call .addClass() to apply additional styling to this part of the page, and invoke $(() => {}) to cause this function to execute upon loading the page. We have also explored the development tools we will be relying on when writing, testing, and debugging our jQuery code.
We now have an idea of why a developer would choose to use a JavaScript framework rather than writing all code from scratch, even for the most basic tasks. We have also seen some of the ways in which jQuery excels as a framework, why we might choose it over other options, and in general, which tasks jQuery makes easier.
The simple example we have been using demonstrates how jQuery works, but is not very useful in real-world situations. In the next chapter, we will expand on this code by exploring jQuery's sophisticated selector language, finding practical uses for this technique.