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jQuery UI in Action is a practical guide to using and customizing jQuery UI library components to build rich, user-friendly web applications. By working through numerous engaging examples, you'll move quickly from placing a datepicker on the page to building a complete user interface that includes features like a contact form and shopping cart. You'll master jQuery UI's five main interactions—draggable, droppable, resizable, selectable, and sortable—and learn UI techniques that work across all devices.

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You're only one tag away from richer user interfaces — ‹script src="jquery-ui.js"›. The jQuery UI library simplifies web UI development by providing robust widgets, interactions, and effects you can use immediately. It includes datepickers, autocompletes, tooltips, and a whole lot more. And, jQuery UI's powerful widget factory makes it a snap to customize existing components to meet your needs.

jQuery UI in Action is a practical guide to using and customizing jQuery UI library components. By working through numerous examples, you'll quickly master jQuery UI's twelve widgets and five interactions—draggable, droppable, resizable, selectable, and sortable. The engaging examples illustrate techniques that work across all devices. You'll use the widget factory to create reusable plugins and discover jQuery UI's CSS theming system that allows you to create a custom, cohesive look for your sites and your applications.

Written for front-end developers and web designers with a basic understanding of jQuery.

What's Inside

Create interactions that work on any device
Customizable widgets for web and mobile apps
Written by a member of the core jQuery UI team
Covers jQuery UI 1.11

About the Author

A professional web developer, TJ VanToll is a member of the jQuery UI core team.

Table of Contents

PART 1 MEET JQUERY UI

Introducing jQuery UI
Enhancing UIs with widgets
PART 2 JQUERY UI CORE
Building complex web forms with jQuery UI
Enhancing interfaces with layout and utility widgets
Adding interaction to your interfaces
Creating rich animations with effects
Theming and styling applications with jQuery UI

PART 3 CUSTOMIZATION AND ADVANCED USAGE

Using the widget factory to build stateful plugins
Extending widgets with the widget factory
Preparing your application for production
Building a flight-search application
Under the hood of jQuery UI

About the Author

T.J. VanToll is a professional web developer experienced with developing large web applications. He is a member of the jQuery UI core team and has contributed to many open source projects. He blogs about his experiences on his personal blog and larger publications such as HTML5 Rocks and Script Junkie.

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