jQuery Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for jQuery Developers (Animal Guide)

jQuery simplifies building rich, interactive web frontends. Getting started with this JavaScript library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; this cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. With these recipes, you'll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance user interfaces. Ideal for newcomers and JavaScript veterans alike, jQuery Cookbook starts with the basics and then moves to practical use cases with tested solutions to common web development hurdles. You also get recipes on advanced topics, such as methods for applying jQuery to large projects. Solve problems involving events, effects, dimensions, forms, themes, and user interface elements Learn how to enhance your forms, and how to position and reposition elements on a page Make the most of jQuery's event management system, including custom events and custom event data Create UI elements-such as tabs, accordions, and modals-from scratch Optimize your code to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure peak performance Learn how to test your jQuery applications The book's contributors include: Cody Lindley James Padolsey Ralph Whitbeck Jonathan Sharp Michael Geary and Scott González Rebecca Murphey Remy Sharp Ariel Flesler Brian Cherne Jörn Zaefferer Mike Hostetler Nathan Smith Richard D. Worth Maggie Wachs, Scott Jehl, Todd Parker, and Patty Toland Rob Burns jQuery simplifies building rich, interactive web frontends. Getting started with this JavaScript library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; this cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. With these recipes, you'll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance user interfaces. Ideal for newcomers and JavaScript veterans alike, jQuery Cookbook starts with the basics and then moves to practical use cases with tested solutions to common web development hurdles. You also get recipes on advanced topics, such as methods for applying jQuery to large projects.Solve problems involving events, effects, dimensions, forms, themes, and user interface elementsLearn how to enhance your forms, and how to position and reposition elements on a pageMake the most of jQuery's event management system, including custom events and custom event dataCreate UI elements-such as tabs, accordions, and modals-from scratchOptimize your code to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure peak performanceLearn how to test your jQuery applicationsThe book's contributors include:Cody LindleyJames PadolseyRalph WhitbeckJonathan SharpMichael Geary and Scott GonzálezRebecca MurpheyRemy SharpAriel FleslerBrian CherneJörn ZaeffererMike HostetlerNathan SmithRichard D. WorthMaggie Wachs, Scott Jehl, Todd Parker, and Patty TolandRob Burns Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with: Adin D. Falkoff: APL Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC Charles H. Moore: FORTH Robin Milner: ML Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK Charles Geschke and John Warnock: PostScript Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Bertrand Meyer: Eiffel Brad Cox and Tom Love: Objective-C Larry Wall: Perl Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John Hughes: Haskell Guido van Rossum: Python Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy: Lua James Gosling: Java Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of C# If you're interested in the people whose vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry, you'll find Masterminds of Programming fascinating. Forward Contributors Preface jQuery Basics Selecting Elements with jQuery Beyond the Basics jQuery Utilities Faster, Simpler, More Fun Dimensions Effects Events Advanced Events HTML Form Enhancements from Scratch HTML From Enhancements with Plugins jQuery Plugins Interface Components from Scratch User Interfaces with jQuery UI jQuery UI Theming jQuery, Ajax, Data Formats: HTML, XML, JSON, JSONP Using jQuery in Large Projects Unit Testing Index "Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique interview collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals these pioneers had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have made an impact on programming today."--Page 4 of cover jQuery basics Selecting elements with jQuery Beyond the basics jQuery utilities Faster, simpler, more fun Dimensions Effects Events Advanced events HTML form enhancements from scratch HTML form enhancements with plugins JQuery plugins Interface components from scratch User interfaces with jQuery UI jQuery UI theming JQuery, Ajax, data formats: HTML, XML, JSON, JSONP Using jQuery in large projects Unit testing. With 'jQuery Cookbook' you'll learn how to add components from the jQuery library to your websites and web applications with detailed recipes for tasks ranging from basic integration to complex user interface development. You'll find real-world solutions to common web development hurdles, along with best practices for using jQuery. jQuery has emerged as the most popular Ajax framework, outpacing options such as Dojo and the Prototype JavaScript Framework. This title helps you to learn how to add components from the jQuery library to your websites and web applications, with recipes for tasks ranging from basic integration to complex user interface development. "Features interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages," and discusses "processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today."--Overview online Provides interviews with the creators of a variety of programming languages, covering the processes that led to specific decisions, their goals, and how their experiences have made an impact on computer programming. An intermediate jQuery book consisting of a sequence of recipes, each recipe solving a particular problem using jQuery.