Important Tips Every jQuery Developer Should Know

There are number of ways to achieve a task in jQuery but knowing what to use and when to use a particular, separates you from other developers. This article contains some basic guidance that every jQuery Developer must keep in mind while working on their projects and websites.

The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook. Covers jQuery 1.11, 2.1 and jQuery UI 1.11.

1. stopPropagation or preventDefault or return false?

Developers new to stopPropagation, preventDefault and return false are often confused with which technique to use and when. This section will clear that confusion.

stopPropagation()

To understand stopPropagation, we need to understand event bubbling first. Let’s take an example. Let us say you have a link <a> inside a <div> as shown here....

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