I am trying to get started using JQuery, but I find I can’t even get to lesson #1. When I go to jquery.com and click to download the latest version (or any version) it doesn’t “download” anything. It opens the file as a webpage in my browser and I see all the JQuery in one big string. Why won’t the file just download? Is it the browser I am using? Is it my Mac?
Any tips or help will be much appreciated! I’ll never learn JQuery if I can’t even download the library! Thanks.
Instead of downloading it, include it via the Google-hosted method. This cuts down on load time for your users as many sites employ the same method, thus enabling the user’s browser to pull from cache rather than re-downloading Jquery each time.
As for why it’s not working when you click download-- you have save that file with a .js extension, then include it on your page using script tags. Just right click on the download link and click “save as.”