jQuery is known for making things that where hard or almost impossible for most people with regular Javascript simple and elegant. While the jQuery community is growing so is the number of plugins available for anyone to address nearly any client side need. Problem is that using jQuery this way is so simple that getting to know the framework well isn’t really needed. I believe jQuery is worth investigating further and web every front end developer and designer would benefit from knowing a bit more of what is going on under the shiny surface. This post will show you jQuery techniques and give you some insight and inspiration that you may use going forward.