This course will introduce you to jQuery, a framework for building interactive web pages with animations, visual effects, and advanced functionality. You will start with a brief introduction to the course and jQuery. 

Next, you will explore the core concepts in jQuery, such as event-handling, animations, and in-browser manipulation of the document object model. 

Finally, you will learn about the AJAX framework in jQuery for dynamic content loading in web pages. On top of that, you will be working on an interactive project throughout the course with quizzes and challenges at the end of each chapter.

The Complete Guide to jQuery

## What is `eventObj.preventDefault()`?

In jQuery, we can prevent an element's default behavior by calling the **`eventObj.preventDefault()`** method inside the event handler function. 

For example, in the page HTML below, we have a hyperlink (`<a>`) element with the attribute `href` set to `"https://www.educative.come"`. By default, if we click on this element, we are redirected to the link within `href`. 

# What is `eventObj.preventDefault()`?

In jQuery, we can prevent an element's default behavior by calling the **`eventObj.preventDefault()`** method inside the event handler function. 

For example, in the page HTML below, we have a hyperlink (`<a>`) element with the attribute `href` set to `"https://www.educative.come"`. By default, if we click on this element, we are redirected to the link within `href`. 

Learn about preventing the default action of an element and explore its use cases. 

jQuery Basics

Events and Event Handlers

DOM Traversal and Manipulation

Effects and Animations

AJAX Methods

Conclusion

Preventing the Default Action

What is `eventObj.preventDefault()`?