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vanilla javascript to jquery counterparts.
// SELECT THE ELEMENT HAVING THE ID 'hello'
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementById('#hello');
// jquery:
var element = $("#hello");
// ---
// SELECT ALL body ELEMENTS
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
// jquery:
var element = $("body");
// ---
// SELECT ALL ELEMENTS HAVING THE CLASS NAME 'items'
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementsByClassName('.items');
// jquery:
var element = $(".items");
// ---
// SET THE INNER HTML OF THE ELEMENT WHOSE ID IS hello
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementById('#hello');
element.innerHTML = "Hello World";
// jquery:
var element = $("#hello");
element.html("Hello World");
// ---
// SET THE FIRST INPUT ELEMENT'S VALUE
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementByTagName('input');
element[0].value = "Hello";
// jquery:
var element = $("input").first();
element.val("Hello World");
// ADD the class 'active' TO THE ELEMENT WHOSE ID is 'hello'
// vanilla
var element = document.getElementById('#hello');
element.className = 'active';
// jquery
var element = $("#hello");
element.addClass('active');
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