Common Selectors

            // get element by id
            $("#ElementID").whatever();

            // get element by css class
            $(".ClassName").whatever();

            // get elements where id contains a string
            $("[id*='value']").whatever();

            // get elements where id starts with a string
            $("[id^='value']").whatever();

            // get elements where id ends with a string
            $("[id$='value']").whatever();

            // get all elements of certain type (can use "p", "a", "div" - any html tag)
            $("div").whatever();