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C H A P T E R 17

jQuery

by Jake Strawn with input from Dmitri Gaskin

jQuery has become an essential part of Drupal since Drupal 5. Many of the interfaces in the administrative area use jQuery to enhance the user experience, and Drupal 7 is no exception, continuing to improve the ability for developers and themers to implement advanced JavaScript functionality.

Drupal 7 currently ships with jQuery 1.4.4 and now also ships with jQuery UI 1.8 (jqueryui.com) in core which enables advanced User Interface elements/widgets and effects.

Implementing jQuery and JavaScript

This first section will be dealing with the basics of getting your own custom ...

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