Overview
This book walks you step-by-step through many many intricacies and details of jQuery, all the while keeping a clear eye on good development techniques as well as providing advanced behind-the-scenes info. And it's all written in an easy-to-follow style that is engaging and thorough.
An introduction to jQuery that requires minimal programming experience
Detailed solutions to specific client-side problems
Revised and updated version of this popular jQuery book
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
What jQuery does
Why jQuery works well
Our first jQuery-powered web page
Downloading jQuery
Setting jQuery in an HTML document
Adding our jQuery code
Finding the poem text
Injecting the new class
Executing the code
The finished product
Plain JavaScript vs. jQuery
Development tools
Firebug
Summary
Chapter 2: Selecting Elements
The Document Object Model
The $() function
CSS selectors
Styling list-item levels
Attribute selectors
Styling links
Custom selectors
Styling alternate rows
Form selectors
DOM traversal methods
Styling specific cells
Chaining
Accessing DOM elements
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 3: Handling Events
Performing tasks on page load
Timing of code execution
Multiple scripts on one page
Shortcuts for code brevity
Passing an argument to the .ready() callback
Simple events
A simple style switcher
Enabling the other buttons
Event handler context
Further consolidation
Shorthand events
Compound events
Showing and hiding advanced features
Highlighting clickable items
The journey of an event
Side effects of event bubbling
Altering the journey: the event object
Event targets
Stopping event propagation
Default actions
Event delegation
Methods for event delegation
Removing an event handler
Event namespacing
Rebinding events
Simulating user interaction
Keyboard events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 4: Styling and Animating
Inline CSS modification
Basic hide and show
Effects and speed
Speeding in
Fading in and fading out
Sliding and sliding down
Compound effects
Creating custom animations
Building effects by hand
Animating multiple properties at once
Positioning with CSS
Simultaneous versus queued effects
Working with a single set of elements
Bypassing the queue
Manual queueing
Working with multiple sets of elements
Callbacks
In a nutshell
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 5: Manipulating the DOM
Manipulating attributes
Non-class attributes
Value callbacks
DOM element properties
DOM tree manipulation
The $() function revisited
Creating new elements
Inserting new elements
Moving elements
Wrapping elements
Inverted insertion methods
Copying elements
Cloning for pull quotes
Content getter and setter methods
Further style adjustments
DOM manipulation methods in a nutshell
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 6: Sending Data with Ajax
Loading data on demand
Appending HTML
Working with JavaScript objects
Retrieving JSON
Global jQuery functions
Executing a script
Loading an XML document
Choosing a data format
Passing data to the server
Performing a GET request
Performing a POST request
Serializing a form
Delivering different content for Ajax requests
Keeping an eye on the request
Error handling
Ajax and events
Security limitations
Using JSONP for remote data
Additional options
The low-level Ajax method
Modifying default options
Loading parts of an HTML page
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 7: Using Plugins
Finding plugins and help
How to use a plugin
Downloading and referencing the Cycle plugin
Simple plugin use
Specifying plugin method parameters
Parameter defaults
Other types of plugins
Custom selectors
Global function plugins
The jQuery UI plugin library
Effects
Color animations
Class animations
Advanced easing
Additional effects
Interaction components
Widgets
jQuery UI ThemeRoller
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 8: Developing Plugins
Use of the $ alias in plugins
Adding new global functions
Adding multiple functions
Adding jQuery object methods
Object method context
Implicit iteration
Method chaining
Method parameters
Parameter maps
Default parameter values
Callback functions
Customizable defaults
The jQuery UI widget factory
Creating a widget
Destroying widgets
Enabling and disabling widgets
Accepting widget options
Adding sub-methods
Triggering widget events
Plugin design recommendations
Plugin distribution
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 9: Advanced Selectors and Traversing
Selecting and traversing revisited
Dynamic table filtering
Table row striping
Combining filtering and striping
More selectors and traversal methods
Customizing and optimizing selectors
Writing a custom selector plugin
Selector performance
Sizzle selector implementation
Testing selector speed
DOM traversal under the hood
jQuery object properties
The DOM element stack
Writing a DOM traversal method plugin
DOM traversal performance
Improving performance using chaining
Improving performance using caching
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 10: Advanced Events
Events revisited
Loading additional pages of data
Displaying data on hover
Event delegation
Using jQuery's delegation methods
Choosing a delegation method
Delegating early
Using a context argument
Custom events
Infinite scrolling
Custom event parameters
Throttling events
Other ways to perform throttling
Special events
More about special events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 11: Advanced Effects
Animation revisited
Observing and interrting animations
Determining the animation state
Halting a running animation
Caution when halting animations
Global effect properties
Globally disabling all effects
Fine-tuning animation smoothness
Defining effect durations
Multi-property easing
Deferred objects
Animation promises
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 12: Advanced DOM Manipulation
Sorting table rows
Server-side sorting
Ajax sorting
JavaScript sorting
Moving and inserting elements, revisited
Adding links around existing text
Sorting simple JavaScript arrays
Sorting DOM elements
Storing data alongside DOM elements
Performing additional precomputation
Storing non-string data
Alternating sort directions
Using HTML5 custom data attributes
Sorting and building rows with JSON
Modifying the JSON object
Rebuilding content on demand
Advanced attribute manipulation
Shorthand element creation
DOM manipulation hooks
Writing a CSS hook
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 13: Advanced Ajax
Progressive enhancement with Ajax
Harvesting JSONP data
Ajax error handling
The jqXHR object
Ajax promises
Caching responses
Throttling Ajax requests
Extending Ajax capabilities
Data type converters
Ajax prefilters
Alternate transports
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Appendix A: JavaScript Closures
Inner functions
The great escape
Variable scoping
Interactions between closures
Closures in jQuery
Arguments to $(document).ready()
Event handlers
Binding handlers in loops
Named and anonymous functions
Memory leak hazards
Accidental reference loops
The Internet Explorer memory leak problem
The good news
Summary
Appendix B: Testing JavaScript with QUnit
Downloading QUnit
Setting the document
Organizing tests
Adding and running tests
Asynchronous testing
Other types of tests
Practical considerations
Further reading
Summary
Appendix C: Quick Reference
Selector expressions
Simple CSS
Position among siblings
Position among matched elements
Attributes
Forms
Other custom selectors
DOM traversal methods
Filtering
Descendants
Siblings
Ancestors
Collection manipulation
Working with selected elements
Event methods
Binding
Shorthand binding
Special shorthands
Triggering
Shorthand triggering
Utility
Effect methods
Predefined effects
Custom animations
Queue manipulation
DOM manipulation methods
Attributes and properties
Content
CSS
Dimensions
Insertion
Replacement
Removal
Copying
Data
Ajax methods
Issuing requests
Request monitoring
Configuration
Utilities
Deferred objects
Object creation
Methods of deferred objects
Methods of promise objects
Miscellaneous properties and functions
Properties of the jQuery object
Arrays and objects
Object introspection
Other
This book walks you step-by-step through many many intricacies and details of jQuery, all the while keeping a clear eye on good development techniques as well as providing advanced behind-the-scenes info. And it's all written in an easy-to-follow style that is engaging and thorough.
An introduction to jQuery that requires minimal programming experience
Detailed solutions to specific client-side problems
Revised and updated version of this popular jQuery book
Title
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Learning Jquery, Third Edition (Imported Edition)
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Author
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Jonathan
Chaffer, Karl Swedberg
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Publisher
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Packt
Publishing
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Publishing
Date
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2011
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Pages
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428
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Price
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Rs. 2235/-
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Price
@ Flipkart
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Rs. 1833/-
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
What jQuery does
Why jQuery works well
Our first jQuery-powered web page
Downloading jQuery
Setting jQuery in an HTML document
Adding our jQuery code
Finding the poem text
Injecting the new class
Executing the code
The finished product
Plain JavaScript vs. jQuery
Development tools
Firebug
Summary
Chapter 2: Selecting Elements
The Document Object Model
The $() function
CSS selectors
Styling list-item levels
Attribute selectors
Styling links
Custom selectors
Styling alternate rows
Form selectors
DOM traversal methods
Styling specific cells
Chaining
Accessing DOM elements
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 3: Handling Events
Performing tasks on page load
Timing of code execution
Multiple scripts on one page
Shortcuts for code brevity
Passing an argument to the .ready() callback
Simple events
A simple style switcher
Enabling the other buttons
Event handler context
Further consolidation
Shorthand events
Compound events
Showing and hiding advanced features
Highlighting clickable items
The journey of an event
Side effects of event bubbling
Altering the journey: the event object
Event targets
Stopping event propagation
Default actions
Event delegation
Methods for event delegation
Removing an event handler
Event namespacing
Rebinding events
Simulating user interaction
Keyboard events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 4: Styling and Animating
Inline CSS modification
Basic hide and show
Effects and speed
Speeding in
Fading in and fading out
Sliding and sliding down
Compound effects
Creating custom animations
Building effects by hand
Animating multiple properties at once
Positioning with CSS
Simultaneous versus queued effects
Working with a single set of elements
Bypassing the queue
Manual queueing
Working with multiple sets of elements
Callbacks
In a nutshell
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 5: Manipulating the DOM
Manipulating attributes
Non-class attributes
Value callbacks
DOM element properties
DOM tree manipulation
The $() function revisited
Creating new elements
Inserting new elements
Moving elements
Wrapping elements
Inverted insertion methods
Copying elements
Cloning for pull quotes
Content getter and setter methods
Further style adjustments
DOM manipulation methods in a nutshell
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 6: Sending Data with Ajax
Loading data on demand
Appending HTML
Working with JavaScript objects
Retrieving JSON
Global jQuery functions
Executing a script
Loading an XML document
Choosing a data format
Passing data to the server
Performing a GET request
Performing a POST request
Serializing a form
Delivering different content for Ajax requests
Keeping an eye on the request
Error handling
Ajax and events
Security limitations
Using JSONP for remote data
Additional options
The low-level Ajax method
Modifying default options
Loading parts of an HTML page
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 7: Using Plugins
Finding plugins and help
How to use a plugin
Downloading and referencing the Cycle plugin
Simple plugin use
Specifying plugin method parameters
Parameter defaults
Other types of plugins
Custom selectors
Global function plugins
The jQuery UI plugin library
Effects
Color animations
Class animations
Advanced easing
Additional effects
Interaction components
Widgets
jQuery UI ThemeRoller
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 8: Developing Plugins
Use of the $ alias in plugins
Adding new global functions
Adding multiple functions
Adding jQuery object methods
Object method context
Implicit iteration
Method chaining
Method parameters
Parameter maps
Default parameter values
Callback functions
Customizable defaults
The jQuery UI widget factory
Creating a widget
Destroying widgets
Enabling and disabling widgets
Accepting widget options
Adding sub-methods
Triggering widget events
Plugin design recommendations
Plugin distribution
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 9: Advanced Selectors and Traversing
Selecting and traversing revisited
Dynamic table filtering
Table row striping
Combining filtering and striping
More selectors and traversal methods
Customizing and optimizing selectors
Writing a custom selector plugin
Selector performance
Sizzle selector implementation
Testing selector speed
DOM traversal under the hood
jQuery object properties
The DOM element stack
Writing a DOM traversal method plugin
DOM traversal performance
Improving performance using chaining
Improving performance using caching
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 10: Advanced Events
Events revisited
Loading additional pages of data
Displaying data on hover
Event delegation
Using jQuery's delegation methods
Choosing a delegation method
Delegating early
Using a context argument
Custom events
Infinite scrolling
Custom event parameters
Throttling events
Other ways to perform throttling
Special events
More about special events
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 11: Advanced Effects
Animation revisited
Observing and interrting animations
Determining the animation state
Halting a running animation
Caution when halting animations
Global effect properties
Globally disabling all effects
Fine-tuning animation smoothness
Defining effect durations
Multi-property easing
Deferred objects
Animation promises
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 12: Advanced DOM Manipulation
Sorting table rows
Server-side sorting
Ajax sorting
JavaScript sorting
Moving and inserting elements, revisited
Adding links around existing text
Sorting simple JavaScript arrays
Sorting DOM elements
Storing data alongside DOM elements
Performing additional precomputation
Storing non-string data
Alternating sort directions
Using HTML5 custom data attributes
Sorting and building rows with JSON
Modifying the JSON object
Rebuilding content on demand
Advanced attribute manipulation
Shorthand element creation
DOM manipulation hooks
Writing a CSS hook
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 13: Advanced Ajax
Progressive enhancement with Ajax
Harvesting JSONP data
Ajax error handling
The jqXHR object
Ajax promises
Caching responses
Throttling Ajax requests
Extending Ajax capabilities
Data type converters
Ajax prefilters
Alternate transports
Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Appendix A: JavaScript Closures
Inner functions
The great escape
Variable scoping
Interactions between closures
Closures in jQuery
Arguments to $(document).ready()
Event handlers
Binding handlers in loops
Named and anonymous functions
Memory leak hazards
Accidental reference loops
The Internet Explorer memory leak problem
The good news
Summary
Appendix B: Testing JavaScript with QUnit
Downloading QUnit
Setting the document
Organizing tests
Adding and running tests
Asynchronous testing
Other types of tests
Practical considerations
Further reading
Summary
Appendix C: Quick Reference
Selector expressions
Simple CSS
Position among siblings
Position among matched elements
Attributes
Forms
Other custom selectors
DOM traversal methods
Filtering
Descendants
Siblings
Ancestors
Collection manipulation
Working with selected elements
Event methods
Binding
Shorthand binding
Special shorthands
Triggering
Shorthand triggering
Utility
Effect methods
Predefined effects
Custom animations
Queue manipulation
DOM manipulation methods
Attributes and properties
Content
CSS
Dimensions
Insertion
Replacement
Removal
Copying
Data
Ajax methods
Issuing requests
Request monitoring
Configuration
Utilities
Deferred objects
Object creation
Methods of deferred objects
Methods of promise objects
Miscellaneous properties and functions
Properties of the jQuery object
Arrays and objects
Object introspection
Other
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