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jQuery is a JavaScript library that helps web developers create JavaScript applications that work well in any browser. This book demonstrates how to use jQuery to reduce the amount of code you need to write and reduce the amount of testing that is required. Youll see how separation of presentation (CSS), markup (XHTML), and script (JavaScript and Ajax) in web pages is a crucial direction in web development for creating maintainable, accessible, cost-effective web sites. The featured full-color code syntax highlighting provides you with a visual reinforcement so you can see the various pieces and parts that make up each line and section of code for each language.

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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 JavaScript experience. Some 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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Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Wrox (May 4, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470227796
ISBN-13: 978-0470227794
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial for those new to JQuery, May 28, 2009

By	Colin Brown "Colin Brown Microsoft MVP" (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Every so often in computing a language extension or new technology comes along that is the buzz of the development community. JQuery is one of those. Lots of developers are talking about it and using it, even Microsoft are including native support for it in their upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release.

Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with JQuery is a beautiful full color book from Wrox Press weighing in at just over 500 pages. Richard York assumes that you are already familiar with JavaScript and also CSS and therefore this is not a book for the complete beginner, only a beginner with JQuery.

The book is well laid out with chapters devoted to each of JQuery's main areas, selectors, AJAX, Manipulating the DOM, Event handling etc. etc. with numerous Appendixes that can be used as a quick reference. Each chapter has numerous examples explaining the particular JQuery concepts and constructs being discussed culminating in one big example program at the end of the chapter that brings together everything discussed in that particular chapter finally ending with a quick question exercise to make sure that the keywords and constructs discussed have truly sunk in. This is an excellent way for a beginners book to be constructed as it really hammers home what has been discussed during each chapter.

One major annoyance I have with Richards writing style however is that he comes across as a Mac snob and throughout the book takes snipes at Microsoft and especially Internet Explorer. Whilst some of this may be deserving it is off-putting and a detraction from what is ultimately a good book.

If you can gloss over the snobbishness I would actually recommend this book for beginners of JQuery. The full color screenshots highlight the various examples superbly and Richard does give you a lot of useful information without overwhelming you with every nuance of JQuery.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beginning JQuery, August 19, 2009

By	Peter Torres "PT" (COS) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book and I love it. Much easier than surfing the internet reading blogs and snippets. No offense to [...], but that website has too much information for us newbies...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book about Javascript(JQuery) that makes sense, June 24, 2009

By	J. Maitz (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having read a few entry-level javascript books it was refreshing to read something that drew upon real-world situations from the authors experiences. While allot of books, and this one included, seem to have a firm grasp for the basics not many get the users/readers running quickly like this one. Mr. York represents the type of author does not waste the readers time by walking them through a problem with a firm taste of theory and discussion. He lays out the framework for anyone not experienced in javascript and points them in the direction of JQuery. And while some may complain that this book is perhaps repetitious, it is through repetition one builds proficiency and mastery of anything.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable Beginning Book on jQuery
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. Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars ONLY for beginners.
I guess there's a reason why this book's title starts with the word "Beginning"...

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Published 6 days ago by Chris G. Sebastian

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Examples, I got a lot out of it.
What I appreciated most was that I could easily test myself by copying his examples and creating my own javascript. However, the setup approach is cumbersome. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Martin Glynn

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Going into this book with a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript, it was incredibly easy for me to follow along and pick up useful skills along the way. Read more

Published 4 months ago by G. Woods

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written book
The author's style is very clumsy, he keeps repeating the same thing again and again, sometimes as often as thrice in six lines of code. Read more

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