jQuery in Action - Manning Publications

WEB DEVELOPMENT
jQuery IN ACTION, SECOND EDITION
Bear Bibeault Yehuda Katz
A
good web development framework anticipates your
needs—jQuery practically reads your mind. You’ll fall
in love with it when you see 20 lines of code reduced
to three. jQuery is concise and readable. And with version
1.4, there’s even more to love including new eff ects and
events, usability improvements, and more testing options.
jQuery in Action, Second Edition is a fast-paced introduction
to jQuery that will take your JavaScript programming to
the next level. An in-depth rewrite of the bestselling fi rst
edition, this edition provides deep and practical coverage
of the latest jQuery and jQuery UI releases. Th e book’s
unique “lab pages” anchor the explanation of each new
concept in a practical example. You’ll learn how to traverse
HTML documents, handle events, perform animations,
and add Ajax to your web pages. Th is comprehensive guide
also teaches you how jQuery interacts with other tools and
frameworks and how to build jQuery plugins.
What’s Inside
In-depth jQuery 1.4
Complete coverage of jQuery UI 1.8
DOM manipulation and event handling
Animation and UI eff ects
Many practical examples
Bear Bibeault is a software architect and JavaRanch senior
moderator and coauthor of Manning’s Ajax in Practice
and Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action. Yehuda Katz is a
developer with Engine Yard. He heads the jQuery plugin
development team and runs Visual jQuery.
For online access to the authors and a free ebook for owners
of this book, go to manning.com/jQueryinActionSecondEdition
MANNING
$44.99 / Can $56.99 [INCLUDING eBOOK]
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“Th e best-thought-out and
researched piece of literature
on the jQuery library.”
—From the Foreword to the
First Edition by John Resig
Creator of jQuery
“Clear, concise, complete—
the only jQuery core book
you’ll ever need.”
—Christopher Haupt
Webvanta, Inc
“Indispensable! A lively and
detailed exploration of
jQuery.”
—Scott Sauyet
Four Winds Software
“Th ey’ve done it again—
created an invaluable
companion in the quest
for jQuery mastery.”
—Michael Smolyak, SumoBrain
“If jQuery is your religion,
this book is your Bible!”
—Jonas Bandi, TechTalk