Overview of some of the most commonly used selectors

Below is a brief overview of some of the most commonly used selectors.

$("*") - Wildcard: selects every element on the page.
$(this) - Current: selects the current element being operated on within a function.
$("p") - Tag: selects every instance of the <p> tag.
$(".example") - Class: selects every element that has the example class applied to it.
$("#example") - Id: selects a single instance of the unique example id.
$("[type='text']") - Attribute: selects any element with text applied to the type attribute.
$("p:first-of-type") - Pseudo Element: selects the first <p>.