In Detail
To make optimal use of jQuery, it's good to keep in mind the breadth of
capabilities it provides. You can add dynamic, interactive elements to
your sites with reduced development time using jQuery. If you are
looking for a comprehensive reference guide to this popular JavaScript
library, this book is for you.
Revised and updated for version
1.4 of jQuery, this book offers an organized menu of every jQuery
method, function, and selector. Each method and function is introduced
with a summary of its syntax and a list of its parameters and return
value, followed by a discussion, with examples where applicable, to
assist in getting the most out of jQuery and avoiding the pitfalls
commonly associated with JavaScript and other client-side languages.
In
this book you will be provided information about the latest features of
jQuery that include Sizzle Selector, Native event delegation, Event
triggering, DOM manipulation, and many more. You won't be confined to
built-in functionality, you'll be able to examine jQuery's plug-in
architecture and we discuss both how to use plug-ins and how to write
your own. If you're already familiar with JavaScript programming, this
book will help you dive right into advanced jQuery concepts. You'll be
able to experiment on your own, trusting the pages of this book to
provide information on the intricacies of the library, where and when
you need it.
This book is a companion to Learning jQuery 1.3.
Learning jQuery 1.3 begins with a tutorial to jQuery, where the authors
share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about jQuery to help
you get the most from the library and to make your web applications
shine.
jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide digs deeper into the library,
taking you through the syntax specifications and following up with
detailed discussions. You'll discover the untapped possibilities that
jQuery 1.4 makes available, and polish your skills as you return to this
guide time and again.
In this book you will learn
- Explore the impressive jQuery JavaScript library and its capabilities with a real-world example
- Investigate jQuery's plug-in architecture, using a variety of approaches to extend the library's capabilities
- Pull information from the server without refreshing a page using the AJAX capabilities of jQuery
- Build a small script that dynamically extracts the headings from an HTML document and assembles them into a table of contents for the page
- Discover the Form plug-in for combining AJAX techniques with HTML forms
- Explore the Dimensions plug-in for getting the size and position of any element on the page—even the document and browser window
- Determine whether an element is visible by testing its current width and height using a :visible selector
- Inspect the browser environment and individual jQuery objects using the properties of jQuery
- Create an extremely powerful jQuery toolset using a combined set of a selector expression and a corresponding DOM traversal method
- Get complete and functional jQuery-powered scripts in this example-packed book
Summary of Content
- Chapter 1:
Anatomy of a jQuery Script
- Chapter 2:
Selector Expressions
- Chapter 3: DOM Traversal Methods
- Chapter 4: DOM Manipulation Methods
- Chapter
5: Event Methods
- Chapter 6:
Effect Methods
- Chapter 7: Ajax Methods
- Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Methods
- Chapter 9: jQuery Properties
- Chapter 10: The Plug-in API
- Chapter 11: Alphabetical Quick Reference
- Appendix A: Online Resources
- Appendix B: Development tools
Who is this book for?
This book is for you if you are a web developer who wants a broad,
organized view of all that jQuery library has to offer or a quick
reference on their desk to refer to for particular details. Basic
knowledge of HTML and CSS is required. You should be comfortable with
the syntax of JavaScript, but no knowledge of jQuery is assumed.
This
is a reference guide, not an introductory title and if you are looking
to get started with jQuery (or JavaScript libraries in general) then you
are looking for the companion title Learning jQuery 1.3.
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