Why jQuery does not work on my home (local) machine?

Question

My question isn\'t so much about why a specific bit of jQuery I\'ve written isn\'t working as it is about no jQuery at all is working; not even working examples I\'ve copied

Answer 1

You forgot to place the

$('p').text('New Stuff');

inside document ready for that you can do like this:

$(function(){
   $('p').text('New Stuff');
});