api/methods/$.md
# $
**Type**: `Function`, **Returns**: `Object` ([NodeList](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeList))
A simple utility that defers to all internal DOM traversal to [querySelectorAll](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document.querySelectorAll) (by default) or to your selector engine of choice. To make Revolver use a selector engine, please see the [setSelectorEngine](setselectorengine.md) method.
##### Example Usage
```javascript
Revolver.$('.slides');
```