About This Book
- An introduction to jQuery that requires minimal programming experience
- Detailed solutions to specific client-side problems
- Revised and updated version of this popular jQuery book
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.
Learning jQuery - Fourth Edition
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Book Details
ISBN 139781782163145
Paperback444 pages
Who This Book Is 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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
What jQuery does
Why jQuery works well
Making our first jQuery-powered web page
Plain JavaScript versus jQuery
Using development tools
Summary
Chapter 2: Selecting Elements
Understanding the DOM
Using the $() function
CSS selectors
Attribute selectors
Custom selectors
DOM traversal methods
Accessing DOM elements
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 3: Handling Events
Performing tasks on page load
Handling simple events
Event propagation
Altering the journey – the event object
Removing an event handler
Simulating user interaction
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 4: Styling and Animating
Modifying CSS with inline properties
Hiding and showing elements
Effects and duration
Creating custom animations
Simultaneous versus queued effects
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 5: Manipulating the DOM
Manipulating attributes and properties
DOM tree manipulation
Copying elements
Content getter and setter methods
DOM manipulation methods in a nutshell
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 6: Sending Data with Ajax
Loading data on demand
Choosing a data format
Passing data to the server
Delivering different content for Ajax requests
Keeping an eye on the request
Error handling
Ajax and events
Security limitations
Exploring additional options
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 7: Using Plugins
Finding plugins and help
Using a plugin
Other types of plugins
The jQuery UI plugin library
The jQuery Mobile plugin library
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 8: Developing Plugins
Using the dollar ($) alias in plugins
Adding new global functions
Adding jQuery object methods
Providing flexible method parameters
Creating plugins with the jQuery UI widget factory
Plugin design recommendations
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 9: Advanced Selectors and Traversing
Selecting and traversing revisited
Customizing and optimizing selectors
DOM traversal under the hood
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 10: Advanced Events
Revisiting events
Event delegation
Defining custom events
Throttling events
Extending events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 11: Advanced Effects
Animation revisited
Observing and interrupting animations
Using global effect properties
Multiproperty easing
Using deferred objects
Taking fine-grained control of animations
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 12: Advanced DOM Manipulation
Sorting table rows
Moving and inserting elements revisited
Storing data alongside DOM elements
Using HTML5 custom data attributes
Sorting and building rows with JSON
Revisiting attribute manipulation
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 13: Advanced Ajax
Implementing progressive enhancement with Ajax
Handling Ajax errors
Using the jqXHR object
Throttling Ajax requests
Extending Ajax capabilities
Summary
Exercises
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
In Detail
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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
What jQuery does
Why jQuery works well
Making our first jQuery-powered web page
Plain JavaScript versus jQuery
Using development tools
Summary
Chapter 2: Selecting Elements
Understanding the DOM
Using the $() function
CSS selectors
Attribute selectors
Custom selectors
DOM traversal methods
Accessing DOM elements
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 3: Handling Events
Performing tasks on page load
Handling simple events
Event propagation
Altering the journey – the event object
Removing an event handler
Simulating user interaction
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 4: Styling and Animating
Modifying CSS with inline properties
Hiding and showing elements
Effects and duration
Creating custom animations
Simultaneous versus queued effects
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 5: Manipulating the DOM
Manipulating attributes and properties
DOM tree manipulation
Copying elements
Content getter and setter methods
DOM manipulation methods in a nutshell
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 6: Sending Data with Ajax
Loading data on demand
Choosing a data format
Passing data to the server
Delivering different content for Ajax requests
Keeping an eye on the request
Error handling
Ajax and events
Security limitations
Exploring additional options
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 7: Using Plugins
Finding plugins and help
Using a plugin
Other types of plugins
The jQuery UI plugin library
The jQuery Mobile plugin library
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 8: Developing Plugins
Using the dollar ($) alias in plugins
Adding new global functions
Adding jQuery object methods
Providing flexible method parameters
Creating plugins with the jQuery UI widget factory
Plugin design recommendations
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 9: Advanced Selectors and Traversing
Selecting and traversing revisited
Customizing and optimizing selectors
DOM traversal under the hood
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 10: Advanced Events
Revisiting events
Event delegation
Defining custom events
Throttling events
Extending events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 11: Advanced Effects
Animation revisited
Observing and interrupting animations
Using global effect properties
Multiproperty easing
Using deferred objects
Taking fine-grained control of animations
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 12: Advanced DOM Manipulation
Sorting table rows
Moving and inserting elements revisited
Storing data alongside DOM elements
Using HTML5 custom data attributes
Sorting and building rows with JSON
Revisiting attribute manipulation
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 13: Advanced Ajax
Implementing progressive enhancement with Ajax
Handling Ajax errors
Using the jqXHR object
Throttling Ajax requests
Extending Ajax capabilities
Summary
Exercises
Book Details
ISBN 139781782163145
Paperback444 pages
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