I just want to get the publics opinion on this.

Please some should answer. thanks.

You dont need to go for jquery.

document.getElementById('saxoboy').style.color='red';
document.getElementById('saxoboy').style.backgroundColor='blue';

can be shortened to

$('#saxoboy').css({color:'red',background:'blue'});

So you see, it is your choice. jQuery is a shorthand way of using javascript.

So let us assume you can e.g. some paragraphs that have a classname of "dhtml", you do know it is a long thing to use javascript to select everything but jquery can just say $('.dhtml').css({color:'red',background:'blue'});

Jquery like any other good JavaScript frameworks supplies you with functionality independent of browser platform wrapping all the intricacies, which you may not care about or don't want to care about. I think using a framework is better instead of using pure JavaScript and doing all the stuff from scratch, unless you usage is very limited. Dhtml is trying to talk only about Jquery selectors and saying Jquery Is a shorthand way of writing JavaScript which is wrong.

I definitely recommend JQuery!

Thanks

^^^You have started again? i am a javascript / jquery expert. My own post compares javascript with jquery in a practical manner. Your own post is just nonsensical talk, i am a practical programmer. Surely you dont expert me to demonstrate every aspect of jquery here?

@op, i use jquery in my everyday work really especially in my website www.Nairaland.com for starters.

there is no harm in learning since you already have interest.so learn it

na WA O, so you dey sell this book wey Google dey provide for free?

Very strange indeed

jQuery is Javascript, specifically a Javascript library. Any good Javascript tutorial should include jQuery, like this one