Applied jQuery : develop and design

Applied jQuery teaches readers how to quickly start writing application interfaces. The beautifully designed book offers practical techniques and provides lots of real-world advice and guidance. The Author, Jay Blanchard, has practical experience working in the field and wastes no time getting to the instruction, taking the reader from a beginner to a proficient interface programmer by the end of the book. Today's Web developers are are expected to be well versed in many different technologies. While it is good to have a shelf full of books that focus on single technologies, having a book that shows developers how to combine these technologies is key. This book takes the reader beyond the fundamental mechanics of individual technologies to illustrate the value and power of combining jQuery and PHP with templates and layouts handled by HTML and CSS. Beginning to intermediate web developers designing and developing web application interfaces and web sites will learn how to blend these ingredient technologies, as well as how to secure jQuery. Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 9 Welcome to jQuery......Page 12 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING JQUERY......Page 15 Making jQuery Work......Page 17 Working with the DOM......Page 21 Selecting Elements Specifically......Page 24 Troubleshooting with Firebug......Page 25 Packing Up Your Code......Page 26 Using Return False......Page 30 Fiddling with jQuery Code......Page 31 Using PHP and MySQL......Page 33 Progressive Enhancement......Page 34 Wrapping Up......Page 38 CHAPTER 2 WORKING WITH EVENTS......Page 39 Using the Photographer’s Exchange Web site......Page 41 Creating and Calling Modal Windows......Page 42 Building an Image Carousel......Page 49 Creating Sprite-based Navigation......Page 65 Wrapping Up......Page 72 CHAPTER 3 MAKING FORMS POP......Page 73 Focusing on a Form Input......Page 75 Validating Email Addresses......Page 77 Making Sure an Input Is Complete......Page 81 Performing Client-side Validation......Page 84 Developing Server-side Validation......Page 87 Uploading Files......Page 89 Wrapping Up......Page 104 CHAPTER 4 BEING EFFECTIVE WITH AJAX......Page 105 Building the PHP Registration and Validation File......Page 107 Setting Up the jQuery Validation and Registration Functions......Page 115 Logging in the User......Page 120 Getting Content Based on the Current User......Page 123 Loading Content Based on Request......Page 125 Loading Scripts Dynamically......Page 127 Using jQuery’s AJAX Extras......Page 131 Using JSON......Page 141 Securing AJAX Requests......Page 149 Preventing Form Submission......Page 150 Using Cookies to Identify Users......Page 154 Cleansing User-supplied Data......Page 156 Transmitting Data Securely......Page 159 Wrapping Up......Page 160 CHAPTER 5 APPLYING JQUERY WIDGETS......Page 161 Customizing the jQuery UI......Page 163 Including jQuery UI Widgets......Page 167 Using jQuery Plugins......Page 186 Beefing Up Your Apps with Plugins......Page 187 Pumping Up Your Sites......Page 203 Rolling Your Own Plugins......Page 215 Wrapping Up......Page 218 CHAPTER 6 CREATING APPLICATION INTERFACES......Page 219 Establishing the Foundation......Page 221 Creating the HTML......Page 222 Applying the CSS......Page 224 Making the Interface Resizable......Page 229 Creating Better Sprites......Page 232 Loading Content with AJAX......Page 241 Configuring Additional Enhancements......Page 250 Wrapping up......Page 262 A......Page 263 D......Page 264 G......Page 265 J......Page 266 M......Page 267 P......Page 268 S......Page 269 W......Page 270 Z......Page 271