What About jQuery?
jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in the universe. An obvious question, therefore, is can you use jQuery when building Windows store apps?
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According to BuiltWith, more than 57% of the top 10,000 websites use jQuery. This is (by a wide margin) the most common JavaScript framework used on websites. See http://trends.BuiltWith.com/javascript.
The answer is yes. You can use jQuery when building Windows Store apps. Let me show you.
The easiest way to add jQuery to a Windows Store app project is to use the Library Package Manager in Visual Studio. Select the menu option Tools, Library Package Manager, Package Manager Console. Enter the command install-package jQuery into the Package Manager Console window (see ...
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