Is jquery a javascript library or framework?

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rahul dagli picture rahul dagli · Aug 15, 2011 · Viewed 83.2k times · Source

Here, jquery is mentioned under framework category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_JavaScript_frameworks

Is jquery a javascript library or framework?

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GregL picture GregL · Aug 15, 2011

A library. According to the homepage, and which I agree with.

A framework is something that usually forces a certain way of implementing a solution, whereas jQuery is just a tool to make implementing what you want to do easier.

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