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Professional Jquery
A complete, in-depth look at jQueryIf you're looking for a single resource that completely encompasses jQuery and related technologies, then look no further. This authoritative guide dives right into exploring jQuery, the leading framework used for standards-based, client-side web development. You'll discover how jQuery is structured so that it can be used to accomplish a wide range of tasks and you'll learn how to integrate jQuery into your web pages. The authors provide helpful lessons and valuable examples so that you can get a firm grasp on how best to maximize the capabilities of jQuery.Begins with a look at where to access the latest version of jQuery and reviews a number of useful tools to help get started with this popular frameworkDescribes how to manipulate DOM elements, work with HTML forms, and create visual effectsCovers working with AJAX and JSONExplains techniques for using and developing jQuery pluginsDetails developing jQuery for mobile devicesYou'll quickly see for yourself why jQuery is rapidly growing in popularity as developers are looking to build sites that are fully functional today and can handle the technologies of tomorrow.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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April 28, 2012
Really had high hopes for this title, after examining the table of contents. But the contents are bare bones, and it appeared to me, to be a partial subset of the online API documentation for jQuery and some relevant plugins. Yes, there is a rudimentary chapter on Javascript, but it adds nothing to the knowledge store of an already experienced developer, and would be totally insufficient (unlike Crockford's *Javascript: The Good Parts*, which the chapter specifically references).
Furthermore, there are some major print annoyances -- such as every code listing includes a large text and graphic image indicating code blurb is available for download at wrox.com. Was that really necessary? Could not that have been specified in the book introduction/prefix, where to download the example code? And most of the examples were so simple and basic, even more remedial than the online docs at api.jquery.com (or at any of the plugin topics like jQuery templates, QUnit, etc.…).
I really feel ripped off of $20-30, cannot recall the exact amount I paid on the Amazon order…
Furthermore, there are some major print annoyances -- such as every code listing includes a large text and graphic image indicating code blurb is available for download at wrox.com. Was that really necessary? Could not that have been specified in the book introduction/prefix, where to download the example code? And most of the examples were so simple and basic, even more remedial than the online docs at api.jquery.com (or at any of the plugin topics like jQuery templates, QUnit, etc.…).
I really feel ripped off of $20-30, cannot recall the exact amount I paid on the Amazon order…
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