How to make a simple auto playing slide show with javascript?

Question

I want to make a simple slide show that automatically plays when the page is loaded. Here is my code so far:

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Answer 1

$("#slideshow > div:gt(0)").hide();

setInterval(function() { $('#slideshow > div:first') .fadeOut(1000) .next() .fadeIn(1000) .end() .appendTo('#slideshow'); }, 3000);