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Title:
jQuery for dummies
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Edition:
For dummies
Publication Information:
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., Inc., c2010
Physical Description:
xx, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780470584453
General Note:
Includes index

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Summary

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Learn how jQuery can make your Web page or blog stand out from the crowd!

jQuery is free, open source software that allows you to extend and customize Joomla!, Drupal, AJAX, and WordPress via plug-ins. Assuming no previous programming experience, Lynn Beighley takes you through the basics of jQuery from the very start.

You'll discover how the jQuery library separates itself from other JavaScript libraries through its ease of use, compactness, and friendliness if you're a beginner programmer.

Written in the easy-to-understand style of the For Dummies brand, this book demonstrates how you can add unique and exciting interactivity to a Web site or WordPress blog, including photo browsers, menus, tab-based navigation, sliding sidepanels, slideshows, transition effects, fade effects, Twitter feeds, and much, much more!

Walks you through the capabilities of jQuery, the number one open source JavaScript library that enables you to provide interactivity on a Web site or blog Helps you understand DOM (Document Object Model) scripting, applying CSS classes via JQuery, and adding in special effects and jQuery plug-ins to your site Shows you how to create dazzling special effects on your site, including fades, slide shows, sliding panels, tabbed navigation, and more Explains how to add customized Twitter feeds, RSS feeds to aggregate content on your site, or add a photo browser to a site or blog Introduces ways to create jQuery plug-ins for WordPress, Drupal, and more

If you have queries about how you can make your blog or Web site stand apart from the crowd, jQuery For Dummies is the book for you!


Author Notes

Lynn Beighley is a Web designer, a Web developer, and the author of several books and training courses. She creates Web applications of every imaginable type using Drupal, jQuery, and other technologies.


Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I Getting Started with jQuery
Chapter 1 Getting Up and Running with jQuery
Chapter 2 Accessing HTML Elements
Chapter 3 Selecting HTML Elements, Attributes, and Positions
Chapter 4 Managing Events
Part II Affecting Elements with Effects
Chapter 5 Playing Hide-and-Seek with Web Page Elements
Chapter 6 Sliding and Fading Web Page Elements
Chapter 7 Animating Web Page Elements
Part III Manipulating Your Web Page
Chapter 8 Making Web Page Content Dynamic
Chapter 9 Replacing, Removing, and Copying Web Page Elements
Part IV Using Plug-ins and Widgets
Chapter 10 Understanding Plug-ins
Chapter 11 Playing with Image Effects
Chapter 12 Jazzing Up Forms
Chapter 13 Toying with Page Layout
Chapter 14 Incorporating a User Interface
Part V Building AJAX Applications
Chapter 15 Understanding How AJAX Works with jQuery
Chapter 16 Using AJAX Plug-ins
Part VI Integrating jQuery with Content Management Systems
Chapter 17 Cool Image Effects with jQuery and Drupal
Chapter 18 Integrating jQuery and Joomla!
Chapter 19 Building Better Blogs with jQuery and WordPress
Part VII The Part of Tens
Chapter 20 Ten Don't-Miss Plug-ins
Chapter 21 Ten Design and Code Tricks
Chapter 22 Ten jQuery Resources
Index