PROFESSIONAL jQuery

Over the past several years JavaScript has undergone a remarkable transformation. It is now one of the most important programming languages in the world. With the ongoing importance of Ajax-based development and the rise of full-featured JavaScript libraries, most of the stigma around JavaScript has vanished. The most beginner-friendly library, jQuery, is responsible for most of this turnaround. This book is aimed at three groups of readers: This book is not aimed at beginners. For those looking to start with the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery development, __Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)__ by Richard York will most likely help you more. The first few chapters will help you set up a development environment and they also review important JavaScript concepts. Chapters 3-7 examine the jQuery core concepts. The second half of the book focuses on applying jQuery in the real world as well as detailing jQuery UI, plugin development, and templates among other lessons. Part 2, Applied jQuery, contains chapters 8-14. Chapter 8 introduces jQuery UI, which is an associated user interface library for jQuery and contains things such as widgets, effects, animations, and interactions. Chapter 9 explores additional jQuery UI features including moving, sorting, resizing, and selection elements with a mouse. Chapter 10 teaches a variety of techniques, best practices, and patterns that you can apply to your code to immediately make it more efficient, maintainable, and clear. Chapter 11 focuses on the jQuery Template plugin. Templates are a standard way of marrying data and markup snippets. Chapter 12 focuses on authoring jQuery plugins. It is important to know how to extend the power of jQuery with custom methods as it is a fundamental skill for a top jQuery developer. Chapter 13 introduces the jQuery Deferred Object, which was introduced in version 1.5. It is a chainable utility object that provides control over the way callback functions are handled. Chapter 14 introduces the general concept of unit testing and goes into detail with the specific unit testing framework created by and used by the jQuery project itself, QUnit. * Firefox 3.6, Current -1 Version * Internet Explorer 6+ * Safari 5.0x * Opera current - 1 Version * Chrome Current - 1 Version Rob Larsen has many years’ experience as a front-end engineer and team leader. He has built websites and applications for some of the world’s biggest brands. He is currently a Senior Specialist, Platform at Sapient Global markets. Rob is an active writer and speaker on web technology with a special focus on emerging standards like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

This book covers jQuery including a developer-level introduction and an in-depth look into some of the more advanced features. The book focuses on features available as of jQuery 1.7.1. but also tries to incorporate feature support in older versions of the library wherever it is relevant.

The first few chapters will help you set up a development environment and review important JavaScript concepts. Detailed coverage includes:

• functions that make up the library and usages of the core jQuery functions
• in-depth to select and manipulate HTML elements with jQuery
• the cross-browser ability to bind and manage browser events
• Ajax
• shortcuts jQuery offers for animating components in your web applications including moving, fading, toggling, and resizing elements
• jQuery UI, which is an associated user interface library for jQuery and contains things such as widgets, effects, animations, and interactions
• additional jQuery UI features including moving, sorting, resizing, and selection elements with a mouse
• techniques, best practices, and patterns that you can apply to your code to make it more efficient, maintainable, and clear
• jQuery Template plugin
• authoring jQuery plugins.
• jQuery Deferred Object
• unit testing and detail of the specific unit testing framework created by and used by the jQuery project itself, QUnit.

If you have experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, this book is for you. For existing jQuery users, it will expand your jQuery knowledge by focusing on the core library with the benefit of strong core JavaScript expertise in many of the lessons. But this book is not aimed at beginners. For those looking to start with the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery development, Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery by Richard York will most likely help you more.

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