Professional jQuery

CONTENTS

Part I: jQuery Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Getting Started

What jQuery Is Good At

Hardware and Browser Requirements

Obtaining jQuery and jQuery UI

“Hello World” Example

JavaScript Conventions Used in This Book

Development Tools

Debugging JavaScript and jQuery

Using the FireQuery Plugin

Summary

Chapter 2: Javascript Primer

Understanding Numbers

Working with Strings

Understanding Booleans

Comparison Types

A Brief Note About Dates

Reviewing Miscellaneous Types

Revisiting Variables

Understanding Objects

Using Functions

Understanding Execution Context

Working with Scope and Closures

Understanding Access Levels

Applying Modules

Using JavaScript Arrays

Augmenting Types

Applying JS Best Practices

Putting It All Together

Summary

Note

Chapter 3: The jQuery Core

Understanding the Structure of a jQuery Script

Using JavaScript Unobtrusively

The jQuery Framework Structure

Understanding the DOM and Events

Using jQuery with Other JavaScript Libraries

Summary

Notes

Chapter 4: DOM Element Selection and Manipulation

The Power of jQuery Selectors

Doing DOM Traversal

Accessing and Modifying Elements, Attributes, and Content

Generating HTML

Summary

Chapter 5: Event Handling

Understanding the Browser Event Model

Understanding How jQuery Handles Events

Applying jQuery Event Handlers

Working with Events

JQuery’s New Event API

Summary

Notes

Chapter 6: Html Forms, Data, and Ajax

jQuery Data Appreciation

Using Form Validations

Working with HTML Form Elements

Revisiting Ajax Basics

Applying Ajax with ...