jQuery Cookbook (Animal Guide) - Softcover

Lindley, Cody

  • 3.90 out of 5 stars
    271 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780596159771: jQuery Cookbook (Animal Guide)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0596159773 ISBN 13: 9780596159771
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2010

Synopsis

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

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Cody Lindley, editor of jQuery Cookbook, brings together over a dozen contributors, all of them key people in jQuery's ongoing development process. Each focuses on subjects they've worked with and often helped create.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0596159773
ISBN 13 
9780596159771
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
476
Rating
  • 3.90 out of 5 stars
    271 ratings by Goodreads