jQuery is like the ASP.NET AJAX Client Framework (MicrosoftAjax.js), with selectors, DOM selections/ manipulations, plug-ins, and BETTER animation support. jQuery is more powerful than MS AJAX on the client side due to its light weight nature . This is the REASON Microsoft INTEGRATED jQuery with Visual Studio. JQuery is integrated for post VS versions 2008, no explicit download of jQuery file is REQUIRED for the versions above VS2010. Ajax is a Technology for Asynchronous Data Transferring. AJAX is a technique to do an XMLHttpRequest from a web page to the SERVER and send or receive data to be used on the web page.

jQuery is like the ASP.NET AJAX Client Framework (MicrosoftAjax.js), with selectors, DOM selections/ manipulations, plug-ins, and better animation support. jQuery is more powerful than MS AJAX on the client side due to its light weight nature . This is the reason Microsoft integrated jQuery with Visual Studio. JQuery is integrated for post VS versions 2008, no explicit download of jQuery file is required for the versions above VS2010. Ajax is a Technology for Asynchronous Data Transferring. AJAX is a technique to do an XMLHttpRequest from a web page to the server and send or receive data to be used on the web page.