First practice with Jquery

jquery-lab-fis002-alex-au

/*
Table of Contents
1. ./public/js/app.js
2.index.html
*/


//app.js

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('#submit_search').click(function(){
    var search_term = $('#find_student').val();
    $("li:contains('" + search_term + "')").css("color", "yellow");
  });
});


//index.html, at the bottom of code, above </body>

  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="js/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"><\/script>')</script>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>