Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery by Richard York
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- Pub. Date: May 2009
- 560pp
- Sales Rank: 261,329
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2009
- Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 560pp
- Sales Rank: 261,329
- ISBN-13: 9780470227794
- ISBN: 0470227796
Synopsis
jQuery allows you to do more in the world of dynamic web applications, with less code and fewer errors. It reduces the amount of JavaScript programming to only a few lines of code while making your JavaScript more intuitive and attractive to work with. At the same time, jQuery makes it easier to manipulate CSS from JavaScript by allowing you to set style for one or many elements at once.
With this unique, project-oriented book, author Richard York teaches even the most novice of JavaScript users how to quickly get started utilizing the JavaScript jQuery Library to decrease the amount of code that needs to be written and tested. A four-color code syntax highlighting system provides a visual reinforcement and allows you to see the nuts and bolts that comprise each line and section of code. With this helpful guide and hands-on exercises, you'll be able to put jQuery to work for you and avoid having to write code from scratch.
What you will learn from this book
- How to install and test jQuery
Techniques to manipulate content and attributes
Ways to filter and map a selection or an array
The difference between GET and POST
How to easily show, hide, slide, and fade elements with smooth animations and transitions
Good practice for jQuery plugin development
Methods for making elements draggable
Ways to customize sortable lists
How to implement and localize a datepicker
Who this book is for
This book is for web designers eager to do more with their web-based applications, but who do not necessarily have much JavaScriptSome basic knowledge of XHTML and CSS is necessary.
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
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Acceptable Beginning Book on jQueryby George_A
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November 09, 2009: This book is for the beginner to jQuery, not to programming on the whole. You do need a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This was my first book on JQuery with only a basic knowledge of the subject, still I found the book easy to follow. Having the code and illustrations in color was a real luxury. Although not essential for the code, it makes it easier to follow. On the other hand with many of the code examples using color in them the illustrations without color would have been almost useless.
Although the book is over 500 pages, it really doesn't feel that long. There are pages that are nothing but code. That is not necessarily bad, you see the complete code. Would have liked the parts that were being focused on to be offset, maybe in bold. Overall I found the book acceptable for a beginning book on jQuery, I might not make it my first pick.Excellent intro to jQueryby JimJJ
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August 08, 2009: This book has a lot of examples of using jQuery. About 1/4 of the book is an appendix full of jQuery API Documentation.
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