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Design, Build and Release. Ramblings of IainJMitchell on C#, jQuery and Software Design

Home Design, Build and Release Ramblings of IainJMitchell on C#, jQuery and Software Design jQuery $ The dollar($) symbol is commonly used in javascript code as a shortcut to jQuery. In this post I am going to explain how it works and how to avoid potential pitfalls. $ = jQuery If you examine the jQuery library you will see that the first line assigns all the functionality to a variable in the local window called jQuery: /*! * jQuery JavaScript Library v1.6.2 * http://jquery.com/ * * Copyright