Learning jQuery : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques book and eBook

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jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your websites regardless of your background. In this book, creators of the popular jQuery learning resource, www.LearningjQuery.com, share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about jQuery to help you get the most from the library and to make your web applications shine.

For designers, jQuery leverages existing CSS and HTML skills, allowing you to dynamically find and change any aspect of a page.This book provides a gentle introduction to jQuery concepts, allowing you to add interactions and animations to your pages - even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have left you baffled.

For programmers, jQuery offers an open -source, standards-compliant, unobtrusive approach to writing complex JavaScript applications. This book will guide you past the pitfalls associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language features.

The Perfect Companion: jQuery Reference Guide

jQuery Reference Guide: dig deeper into the library and go you through the syntax, specifications, and follow up with a detailed discussion. This book offers an organized menu of every jQuery method, function, and selector. Entries are accompanied by detailed descriptions and helpful recipes that will assist you in getting the most out of jQuery. You'll discover the untapped possibilities that jQuery makes available, and hone your skills as you return to this guide time and again.

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Stop scratching your head, and start improving your web applications with jQuery and JavaScript!

Creators of the popular jQuery learning resource, LearningjQuery.com, share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about the jQuery JavaScript library to make your web applications shine!

Book Reviews

Slashdot: "You will not find a better resource online for getting into the guts of the jQuery JavaScript library than you will offline reading the book Learning jQuery."

Brian Dillard: "Chaffer and Swedberg have provided an excellent introduction to the framework..."

Ben Nadel: "This book is all about the in-depth, iterative example! After every chapter, I found myself reflecting on how thorough and well done the examples were."

SkyFox: "If you are looking to start with jQuery or expand your knowledge base, these two books will suit you well."

• Use selectors to get anything you want from a page
• Make things happen on your page with events
• Add flair to your actions with animation effects
• Change your page on command with DOM manipulation
• Use AJAX to make your site buzzword compliant!
• Transform drab, static information containers into beautiful, dynamic tables
• Breathe new life into online forms
• Create dynamic shufflers, rotators, and galleries
• Get started with three official jQuery plug-ins, and even write your own

This book begins with a tutorial to jQuery, followed by an examination of common, real-world client-side problems, and solutions for each of them making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your jQuery questions.

This book is for web designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs, and for developers who want to create the best user interface for their web applications.

The reader will need the basics of HTML and CSS, and should be comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript. No knowledge of jQuery is assumed, nor is experience with any other JavaScript libraries required.