Chapter 6. Getting Our Hands on Coding JavaScript
"Our first step on the ladder"
Yes! As promised in the previous chapters, this time we are going to get some coding done. This will be an interesting change as we will be able to see the results of our own coding. Of course, we are still going to use some libraries. But hey, we don't want to reinvent the wheel just because some of the effects we want to achieve are quite complex.
For now we are going to make all these modifications directly to the template. I think this is the easiest way to start. Later on we will make our own modules and components.
The points we are going to cover in this chapter are:
Adding a Parallax effect to our template
jQuery library jScrollPane
Adding useful tooltips
As always, we seek to make our site more interesting through all these effects and utilities. But this time there's something more—we are also seeking to have a good time modifying our template. Coding can be fun! Don't believe me? Let's start and you'll see...