Designers Learning jQuery Episode 11: The jQuery Object Explained

While the jQuery library can sometimes feel like magic, the man behind the curtains in the jQuery library is the jQuery object. It’s this object that gives the jQuery library its power.

The jQuery object has a standard set of properties and methods that work no matter what browser we might be using and that work most of the time, no matter what type of DOM object we might be using. By boxing up all the DOM objects into a standard box, jQuery helps to smooth out differences from object to object and from browser to browser.

In addition, jQuery also provides lots of handy methods for performing the sorts of tasks JavaScript developers need to do all the time – changing the values of form elements, updating the text or CSS classes of elements, changing CSS properties, hiding elements, showing them again, animating them, etc.

[lupitchr]

very nice tutorial. great job of breaking down the jQuery object :)

[glowingone]

Is there a way to actually view the jquery object at any one time?