jQuery for Designers : Beginners Guide, 2nd Edition - Softcover

MacLees, Natalie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783284536 ISBN 13: 9781783284535

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

A step-by-step guide that spices up your web pages and designs them in the way you want using the most widely used JavaScript library, jQuery. The beginner-friendly and easy-to-understand approach of the book will help get to grips with jQuery in no time. If you know the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, and want to extend your knowledge by learning to use JavaScript, then this is just the book for you. jQuery makes JavaScript straightforward and approachable – you'll be surprised at how easy it can be to add animations and special effects to your beautifully designed pages.

About this title

From the Author

I have a background in design and have gradually transitioned over time to becoming a developer. I really struggled to learn JavaScript, so when Packt Publishing approached me and asked me to write a book on jQuery just for designers, I jumped at the chance. I wanted to create the book I wish I'd had when I was trying to learn.

So many jQuery and JavaScript books assume a background in coding and it can be really tough as a designer to learn all the right words and concepts while also trying to learn the language. I tried to make learning a bit of code fun and interesting and completely non-scary.

In association with this book, I've also created a weekly screencast called Designers Learning jQuery that provides a quick weekly lesson on jQuery aimed at designers, just like this book. Please check it out to get a feel for my teaching style and for some helpful extra tips on jQuery and JavaScript!

If you're already a programmer or looking to become a hard-core coder, then this book isn't for you. It's aimed at designers or anyone else who's never coded before. It's a gentle introduction that will get you up and running in very short order and able to create some nice effects on your sites - impress your clients, increase your income, and expand your skill set. Happy coding!

About the Author

Natalie MacLees

Natalie MacLees is a frontend web developer and UI designer, and the founder and principal of the interactive agency Purple Pen Productions. She founded and runs the jQuery LA users' group and together with Noel Saw, she heads the Southern California WordPress user's group, organizing WordPress meetups, help sessions, and workshops. She was the lead organizer for WordCamp Los Angeles 2013 and 2014 and organized the first annual Website Weekend LA. She's also the founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Girl Develop It, bringing affordable and accessible coding classes to the community. She makes periodic appearances on the WPwatercooler podcast and co-hosts the WP Unicorn Project podcast with Suzette Franck. She makes her online home at nataliemac.com. Her obsession with the Web began when she bought her first computer in 1996 and promptly used it to build her first website. She spends the few moments she manages to be offline each day watching baseball, crafting, reading, baking, belly dancing, collecting Hello Kitty items, and avoiding avocados and olives at all costs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783284536
• ISBN 13: 9781783284535
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 398