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Learning jQuery - Fourth Edition
Learning jQuery - Fourth Edition

Learning jQuery - Fourth Edition: Add to your current website development skills with this brilliant guide to JQuery. This step by step course needs little prior JavaScript knowledge so is suitable for beginners and more seasoned developers alike. , Fourth Edition

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Learning jQuery - Fourth Edition

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Today's World Wide Web (WWW) is a dynamic environment and its users set a high bar for both the style and function of sites. To build interesting and interactive sites, developers are turning to JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to automate common tasks and to simplify complicated ones. One reason the jQuery library is a popular choice is its ability to assist in a wide range of tasks.

It can seem challenging to know where to begin because jQuery performs so many different functions. Yet, there is a coherence and symmetry to the design of the library; many of its concepts are borrowed from the structure of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The library's design lends itself to a quick start for designers with little programming experience, since many have more experience with these technologies than they do with JavaScript. In fact, in this opening chapter we'll write a functioning jQuery program in just three lines of code. On the other hand, experienced programmers will also be aided by this conceptual consistency, as we'll see in the later, more advanced chapters.

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • The primary features of jQuery

  • Setting up a jQuery code environment

  • A simple working jQuery script example

  • Reasons to choose the jQuery approach over plain JavaScript code

  • Common JavaScript development tools

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To build interesting, interactive sites, developers are turning to JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to automate common tasks and simplify complicated ones. Because many web developers have more experience with HTML and CSS than with JavaScript, the library's design lends itself to a quick start for designers with little programming experience. Experienced programmers will also be aided by its conceptual consistency. LearningjQuery - Fourth Edition is revised and updated version of jQuery. You will learn the basics of jQuery for adding interactions and animations to your pages. Even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have left you baffled, this book will guide you past the pitfalls associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language features. Starting with an introduction to jQuery, you will first be shown how to write a functioning jQuery program in just three lines of code. Learn how to add impact to your actions through a set of simple visual effects and to create, copy, reassemble, and embellish content using jQuery's DOM modification methods. The book will take you through many detailed, real-world examples, and even equip you to extend the jQuery library itself with your own plug-ins.

Who is this book for?

This book is for web designers who want learn jQuery to create interactive elements for their designs, as well as developers who want to create the best user interface for their web applications. Basic JavaScript programming and knowledge of HTML and CSS is required. No knowledge of jQuery is assumed, nor is experience with any other JavaScript libraries.

What you will learn

  • Create interactive elements for your web designs
  • Learn how to create the best user interface for your web applications
  • Use selectors in a variety of ways to get anything you want from a page
  • Make things happen on your webpages with events
  • Add flair to your actions with a variety of animation effects
  • Discover the new features available in jQuery in this third update of this popular jQuery book

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13 Chapters
Getting Started Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Selecting Elements Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Handling Events Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Styling and Animating Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Manipulating the DOM Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sending Data with Ajax Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Plugins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Developing Plugins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Selectors and Traversing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Events Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Effects Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Klen Aug 23, 2013
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I have the third edition and bought this fourth one to refresh my skills (I do JavaScript programming very often these days). The book was great when I started serious programming (with 3rd edition) and it's great now. Recommended!
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Alex Babushka Jul 11, 2013
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Learning jQuery is an outstanding book written by the masters and accessible to anyone with at least a basic understanding of JavaScript. The authors take a truly comprehensive approach to the subject, providing in-depth explanations of the library's fundamentals as well as more advanced features and packing the book with useful code examples.Now in its fourth edition, this text has finally received a much needed update covering the latest versions of jQuery 1.10 and 2.0. An entire chapter is dedicated to building plugins - just what I needed! Also, two (newly refreshed) chapters each on event handling, effects and Ajax methods leave virtually no stone unturned.If you are just starting out with jQuery, don't waste your time reading a For Dummies book; instead, pick up a copy of this 400 page bad boy (or a digital edition available directly from Packt Publishing) and it'll be the only book you'll need to read.
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AddictedShopper Dec 25, 2013
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This is the best jQuery book out there. It's clear and comprehensive. You do need to know a little HTML and Javascript to follow along. All of the code examples worked except for that code example 9 from chapter 9(advance selector, group filter). In order to get the code examples, I think you need an account on the publisher's website. Overall, the book is very good.Update: the code is now available at book.learningjquery.com so you don't have to go through packt. I upped the rating from 4 to 5 stars
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James M. Johnson III Mar 26, 2015
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Great book, if a little dry.
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AU Aug 13, 2014
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I care about details and this book gives me all of it. It even gives you a little review of JavaScript.
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