# AllThingsSmitty/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know

A collection of tips to help up your jQuery game. 🎮

Repository: https://github.com/AllThingsSmitty/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: jquery, awesome-list, learning-resources, animation, best-practices, cheatsheet, dom-manipulation, frontend, javascript, jquery-tips-tricks, web-development
Last push: 2025-03-20T14:09:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 12, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4125, "days_push": 531, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4310, forks 421 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:41.759917+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of practical jQuery tips and code snippets covering DOM manipulation, AJAX, selectors, and common UI patterns. It serves as a cheatsheet-style reference for developers working with jQuery.

## Use cases
- learn jquery best practices
- find jquery code snippets for common tasks
- reference for dom manipulation with jquery
- how to post a form with ajax in jquery
- jquery tips for frontend developers
- cheatsheet for jquery selectors and events

## When to choose
- you maintain or learn a legacy jQuery codebase
- you want quick copy-paste solutions for common jQuery patterns
- you prefer curated, example-driven reference material

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and can use modern vanilla JS or a modern framework instead
- you need comprehensive documentation rather than tips
- you need a runnable library or tool

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery, cheatsheet, dom-manipulation, javascript, best-practices, tips-and-tricks, nodejs

## Member repositories
- AllThingsSmitty/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.759917+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:47.509719+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AllThingsSmitty/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.759917+00:00, sha f3d115fb7640)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.