Introduction
jQuery empowers developers with the ability to easily create complex user interface elements. Because of this, there are a vast amount of jQuery plugins that allow developers to quickly add such interfaces to their site. Additionally, jQuery's own UI framework houses many popular interface elements, such as accordions, tabular content, modals, and more. If you would like to know how to use jQuery UI for your own site, skip directly to Chapter 9, jQuery UI. This chapter will focus on developing some of these popular UI elements from scratch, providing for unlimited customizability and allowing you to gain an understanding of how these other plugins work.