Learning jQuery

Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques
by Jonathan Chaffer (Author), Karl Swedberg (Author)

# Paperback: 380 pages
# Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 7, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1847192505
# ISBN-13: 978-1847192509

Product Description

jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your websites regardless of your background.

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.

This book has a companion title, jQuery Reference Guide: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Popular JavaScript Library.

The Perfect Companion: 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.

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

About the Author

Jonathan Chaffer is the Chief Technology Officer of Structure Interactive, an interactive agency located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There he oversees web development projects using a wide range of technologies, and continues to collaborate on day-to-day programming tasks as well.

In the open-source community, Jonathan has been very active in the Drupal CMS project, which has adopted jQuery as its JavaScript framework of choice. He is the creator of the Content Construction Kit, a popular module for managing structured content on Drupal sites. He is responsible for major overhauls of Drupal’s menu system and developer API reference.

Jonathan lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, Jennifer.

Karl Swedberg is a web developer at Structure Interactive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he spends much of his time implementing design with a focus on “web standards”–semantic HTML, well-mannered CSS, and unobtrusive JavaScript.

Before his current love affair with web development, Karl worked as a copy editor, a high-school English teacher, and a coffee house owner. His fascination with technology began in the early 1990s when he worked at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, and it has continued unabated ever since.

Karl’s other obsessions include photography, karate, English grammar, and fatherhood. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, Sara, and his two children, Benjamin and Lucia.

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