Good course but more context please

Half way through jQuery and I can complete the little assignments just fine but what actually is jQuery? The first challenge states that “It is the most popular Javascript tool”. OK so I think what that means is that it helps coding in Javascript in some way but if you are new to coding you need a lot more info I think. Maybe a 5 min intro video about why it came about and why we are learning it. HTML, CSS and jQuery all suddenly mixed together for no obvious reason (imagine you are a beginner with no knowledge) is a bit overwhelming
cheers
joe

This is handled much better in the beta, where it’s split off, but the curious can of course always look up things themselves.

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yeah researching things you don’t fully understand is a good option.

I think the way the course starts by holding you with both hands led me to believe that it would do this for me