Summary
jQuery in Action, Third Edition, is a fast-paced and complete guide to
jQuery, focused on the tasks you'll face in nearly any web dev project.
Written for readers with minimal JavaScript experience, this revised
edition adds new examples and exercises, along with the deep and
practical coverage you expect from an In Action book. You'll learn how
to traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, write
plugins, and even unit test your code. The unique lab pages anchor each
concept with real-world code. Several new chapters teach you how to
interact with other tools and frameworks to build modern single-page web
applications.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and
ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Technology
Thanks to jQuery, no one remembers the bad old days when programmers
manually managed browser inconsistencies, CSS selectors support, and DOM
navigation, and when every animation was a frustrating exercise in raw
JavaScript. The elegant, intuitive jQuery library beautifully manages
these concerns, and jQuery 3 adds even more features to make your life
as a web developer smooth and productive.
About the Book
jQuery in Action, Third Edition, is a fast-paced guide to jQuery,
focused on the tasks you'll face in nearly any web dev project. In it,
you'll learn how to traverse the DOM, handle events, perform animations,
write jQuery plugins, perform Ajax requests, and even unit test your
code. Its unique Lab Pages anchor each concept in real-world code. This
expanded Third Edition adds new chapters that teach you how to interact
with other tools and frameworks and build modern single-page web
applications.
What's Inside
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Updated for jQuery 3
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DOM manipulation and event handling
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Animations and effects
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Advanced topics including Unit Testing and Promises
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Practical examples and labs
About the Readers
Readers are assumed to have only beginning-level JavaScript knowledge.
About the Authors
Bear Bibeault is coauthor of Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja,
Ajax in Practice, and Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action.
Yehuda Katz is an early contributor to jQuery and cocreator of
Ember.js. Aurelio De Rosa is a full-stack web developer and a member
of the jQuery content team.
Table of Contents
- Introducing jQuery
- Selecting elements
- Operating on a jQuery collection
- Working with properties, attributes, and data
- Bringing pages to life with jQuery
- Events are where it happens!
- Demo: DVD discs locator
- Energizing pages with animations and effects
- Beyond the DOM with jQuery utility functions
- Talk to the server with Ajax 260
- Demo: an Ajax-powered contact form
- When jQuery is not enough...plugins to the rescue!
- Avoiding the callback hell with Deferred
- Unit testing with QUnit
- How jQuery fits into large projects
