Introduction Page: xix
Who This Book Is For Page: xx
What This Book Covers Page: xx
How This Book Is Structured Page: xxi
What You Need to Use This Book Page: xxiii
Conventions Page: xxiv
Source Code Page: xxiv
Errata Page: xxv
p2p.wrox.com Page: xxv
Part I: The jQuery API Page: 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to jQuery Page: 3
What jQuery Can Do for You Page: 5
Who Develops jQuery? Page: 7
Obtaining jQuery Page: 7
Installing jQuery Page: 7
Programming Conventions Page: 9
Summary Page: 25
Chapter 2: Selecting and Filtering Page: 27
The Origin of the Selectors API Page: 28
Using the Selectors API Page: 29
Filtering a Selection Page: 33
Slicing a Selection Page: 58
Adding to a Selection Page: 58
Summary Page: 60
Exercises Page: 60
Chapter 3: Events Page: 63
The Various Event Wrapper Methods Page: 63
Attaching Other Events Page: 67
Attaching Persistent Event Handlers Page: 69
Removing Event Handlers Page: 75
Creating Custom Events Page: 80
Summary Page: 86
Exercises Page: 87
Chapter 4: Manipulating Content and Attributes Page: 89
Setting, Retrieving, and Removing Attributes Page: 89
Setting Multiple Attributes Page: 95
Manipulating Class Names Page: 96
Manipulating HTML and Text Content Page: 102
Replacing Elements Page: 122
Removing Content Page: 126
Cloning Content Page: 129
Summary Page: 132
Exercises Page: 133
Chapter 5: Iteration of Arrays and Objects Page: 135
Enumerating Arrays Page: 135
Filtering Selections and Arrays Page: 142
Mapping a Selection or an Array Page: 151
Array Utility Methods Page: 156
Summary Page: 161
Exercises Page: 162
Chapter 6: CSS Page: 165
Working with CSS Properties Page: 165
jQuery's Pseudo-Classes Page: 166
Obtaining Outer Dimensions Page: 167
Summary Page: 174
Exercises Page: 175
Chapter 7: AJAX Page: 177
Making a Server Request Page: 178
Loading HTML Snippets from the Server Page: 194
Dynamically Loading JavaScript Page: 200
AJAX Events Page: 204
Summary Page: 219
Exercises Page: 220
Chapter 8: Animation and Easing Effects Page: 223
Showing and Hiding Elements Page: 223
Sliding Elements Page: 230
Fading Elements Page: 234
Custom Animation Page: 236
Animation Options Page: 241
Summary Page: 242
Exercises Page: 242
Chapter 9: Plugins Page: 243
Writing a Plugin Page: 243
Good Practice for jQuery Plugin Development Page: 265
Summary Page: 265
Exercises Page: 265
Chapter 10: Scrollbars Page: 267
Getting the Position of a Scrollbar Page: 267
Scrolling to a Particular Element within a Scrolling <div> Page: 272
Scrolling to the Top Page: 276
Summary Page: 277
Exercises Page: 277
Chapter 11: HTML5 Drag and Drop Page: 279
Implementing Drag and Drop Page: 279
Implementing Drag-and-Drop File Uploads Page: 294
Summary Page: 319
Exercises Page: 320
Part II: jQuery UI Page: 321
Chapter 12: Draggable and Droppable Page: 323
Making Elements Draggable Page: 324
Designating Drop Zones for Draggable Elements Page: 330
Summary Page: 337
Exercises Page: 337
Chapter 13: Sortable Page: 339
Making a List Sortable Page: 339
Customizing Sortable Page: 347
Saving the State of Sorted Lists Page: 353
Summary Page: 358
Exercises Page: 359
Chapter 14: Selectable Page: 361
Introducing the Selectable Plugin Page: 361
Summary Page: 372
Exercises Page: 372
Chapter 15: Accordion Page: 373
Building an Accordion UI Page: 373
Changing the Default Pane Page: 375
Changing the Accordion Event Page: 380
Setting the Header Elements Page: 380
Summary Page: 382
Exercises Page: 382
Chapter 16: Datepicker Page: 383
Implementing a Datepicker Page: 383
Localizing the Datepicker Page: 395
Summary Page: 397
Exercises Page: 398
Chapter 17: Dialog Page: 399
Implementing a Dialog Page: 399
Styling a Dialog Page: 400
Making a Modal Dialog Page: 406
Auto-Opening the Dialog Page: 409
Controlling Dynamic Interaction Page: 411
Animating the Dialog Page: 411
Working with Dialog Events Page: 412
Summary Page: 414
Exercises Page: 415
Chapter 18: Tabs Page: 417
Implementing Tabs Page: 417
Styling the Tabbed User Interface Page: 419
Loading Remote Content via AJAX Page: 424
Animating Tab Transitions Page: 428
Summary Page: 429
Exercises Page: 429
Part III: Popular Third-Party jQuery Plugins Page: 430
Chapter 19: Tablesorter Page: 432
Sorting a Table Page: 432
Summary Page: 437
Exercises Page: 440
Chapter 20: Creating an Interactive Slideshow Page: 443
Creating a Slideshow Page: 443
Summary Page: 449
Exercises Page: 449
Chapter 21: Working with HTML5 Audio and Video Page: 459
Downloading the MediaElement Plugin Page: 459
Configuring the MediaElement Plugin Page: 459
Creating an HTML Structure That Enables Fallback Video/Audio Plugins for Older Browsers Page: 461
Implementing h.264 Video Content Page: 462
Customizing Player Controls Page: 463
Controlling When the Download of Media Begins Page: 463
Summary Page: 464
Exercises Page: 464
Chapter 22: Creating a Simple WYSIWYG Editor Page: 467
Making an Element Editable with the contenteditable Attribute Page: 467
Creating Buttons to Apply Bold, Italic, Underline, Font, and Font Size Page: 468
Creating a Selection Page: 473
Storing a Selection Page: 478
Restoring a Selection Page: 479
Summary Page: 480
Exercises Page: 480
Part IV: Appendices Page: 481
Appendix A: Exercise Answers Page: 483
Chapter 2 Page: 483
Chapter 3 Page: 484
Chapter 4 Page: 484
Chapter 5 Page: 485
Chapter 6 Page: 485
Chapter 7 Page: 485
Chapter 8 Page: 486
Chapter 9 Page: 487
Chapter 10 Page: 487
Chapter 11 Page: 488
Chapter 12 Page: 488
Chapter 13 Page: 489
Chapter 14 Page: 489
Chapter 15 Page: 489
Chapter 16 Page: 489
Chapter 17 Page: 490
Chapter 18 Page: 490
Chapter 19 Page: 490
Chapter 20 Page: 490
Chapter 21 Page: 491
Chapter 22 Page: 491
Appendix B: jQuery Selectors Page: 493
Appendix C: Selecting, Traversing, and Filtering Page: 501
Appendix D: Events Page: 509
Event Object Page: 517
Appendix E: Manipulating Content, Attributes, and Custom Data Page: 523
Appendix F: More Content Manipulation Page: 527
Appendix G: AJAX Methods Page: 533
Appendix H: CSS Page: 543
Appendix I: Utilities Page: 547
Appendix J: Draggable and Droppable Page: 551
Draggable UI Object Options Page: 556
Droppable UI Object Options Page: 558
Appendix K: Sortable Page: 561
Appendix L: Selectable Page: 569
Notes Page: 572
Appendix M: Animation and Easing Effects Page: 573
Appendix N: Accordion Page: 585
Accordion UI Object Options Page: 586
Appendix O: Datepicker Page: 589
Appendix P: Dialog Page: 599
Appendix Q: Tabs Page: 605
Appendix R: Resizable Page: 611
Appendix S: Slider Page: 615
Appendix T: Tablesorter Page: 619
Appendix U: MediaElement Page: 623
Advertisement Page: ix
End User License Agreement Page: ix
Newly revised and updated resource on jQuery's many features and advantages Web Development with jQuery offers a major update to the popular Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery from 2009. More than half of the content is new or updated, and reflects recent innovations with regard to mobile applications, jQuery mobile, and the spectrum of associated plugins.
Readers can expect thorough revisions with expanded coverage of events, CSS, AJAX, animation, and drag and drop. New chapters bring developers up to date on popular features like jQuery UI, navigation, tables, interactive capabilities, and audio and video. The book focuses on the new features of jQuery that improve performance and speed, providing huge advantages over traditional JavaScript.
- Offers new and revised content throughout the book, which focuses on the most recent features and capabilities of jQuery
- Serves as an essential instructional tool for web developers with JavaScript and CSS knowledge who want to learn more
- Advises readers on how to best use jQuery's powerful, easy-to-use features to create dynamic web pages and web applications
This resource provides a deep understanding of jQuery and sets readers up for successful interactions with all it has to offer.
