Overview
Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!
• Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through jQuery and show you what to do.
• Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
• Page for page, the best content and value around.
• Steven Holzner is an award-winning author who specializes in Web topics such as Ajax and JavaScript. He has written more than 100 books, all on programming topics, selling well over 3 million copies. His books have been translated into 18 languages around the world and include numerous industry bestsellers. He's a former contributing editor of PC Magazine. Steven received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his Ph.D. from Cornell. He's been on the faculty of MIT and Cornell and teaches corporate programming seminars around the country.
Synopsis
jQuery is a popular JavaScript library that simplifies event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Many companies are using jQuery including: Amazon, Google, Twitter, Bank of America, BBC, ESPN, CBS News, Digg, Reuters, IBM, Netflix, Dell, Oracle, Slashdot, Tecnorati, and Intuit.
Even casual web designers, who create web pages for fun, want to add the latest cool effects to their sites, and jQuery—the fast, flexible JavaScript library—is a tool of choice. Just as CSS separates "display" characteristics from the HTML structure, jQuery separates the "behavior" characteristics from the HTML structure. From visual effects, special controls, and Ajax made easy, the jQuery Visual QuickStart Guide will teach readers how to make the most of jQuery using the task-based, step-by-step, visual format they love. It's crammed with examples and there's a special section on widgets.