How to include/use JQuery in Magento2 Blocks

Question

I am trying to use JQuery in my block functions, but I get an error saying JQuery not found. I tried google and some suggested to add it to local.xml but I think Magento2 does not have local.xml.

Can anyone help me on how to enable JQuery in Magento2?

Thanks

Answer 1

You should use requirejs to manage/resolve dependencies in JS code. For example

require(
  ['jquery'], // list of dependencies
  function($) {
     //put your code that use jquery here
  } 
) 

See documentation for more detais