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Recently in work, I had to implement an  Ajax powered web page for a project I was working on. However, being a complete beginner in Javascript, this was quite a daunting task since I would have to write my own Javascript code for common functions that are used on many websites.

Then I did some Googling, and I found jQuery. It is a free Javascript library licensed under GPL and MIT licenses that is lightweight, cross-browser compatible and just plain easy to use with a very powerful set of hooks, event handles and constructors.

It made the development of my Ajax page a lot easier and faster, and it comes with some great functions and event handlers to make your life easier. Best of all, it’s got a large community of developers who are writing tutorials and assisting people, and a large array of plugins that you can do to extend the functionality of the library. Also, it is used on some big name websites such as Twitter.

So head over to jQuery.com to grab the latest release and learn more about how this library can make your Javascript/Ajax development easier.