What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Started with jQuery in ASP.NET, describes recipes to download and include jQuery in ASP.NET 4.6 Web and MVC applications. It discusses the CDN, NuGet Package Manager, as well as debugging the jQuery code in Visual Studio.
Chapter 2, Using jQuery Selectors with ASP.NET Controls, describes various jQuery selectors that can be used to manipulate ASP.NET controls. These selectors can select controls based on the ID, CSS class, HTML tag, attribute, or position in the document.
Chapter 3, Event Handling Using jQuery, describes recipes to handle different types of events, such as mouse, keyboard, and form events. It also explains event delegation and detaching of events.
Chapter 4, DOM Traversal and Manipulation in ASP.NET, describes techniques to traverse the document, such as accessing parent, child, or sibling elements. It also teaches manipulation strategies to add and remove elements at runtime.
Chapter 5, Visual Effects in ASP.NET Sites, discusses recipes to create different types of animation effects on ASP.NET controls, such as Panel, AdRotator, TreeView, Menu, and GridView. Effects such as enlarging, sliding, and fading are covered in this chapter.
Chapter 6, Working with Graphics in ASP.NET Sites, discusses recipes to work with images and explains effects, such as zooming, scrolling, and fading on images. Utilities such as image gallery, image preview, and 5-star rating control are also explored in this chapter.
Chapter 7, Ajax Using jQuery, explains how Ajax calls can be made to page methods, web services, WCF services, Web API, MVC controllers, and HTTP handlers.
Chapter 8, Creating and Using jQuery Plugins, demonstrates how plugins can be created and included in projects. It also describes how to use the Node Package Manager (NPM) and Bower to download and manage third-party plugins.
Chapter 9, Useful jQuery Recipes for ASP.NET Sites, summarizes the book with diverse recipes to solve common real-world problems. You can find this chapter at: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/4836OT_Chapter_09.pdf.
