Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery
by Richard York
List Price: $44.99 $29.69 At Amazon
Product Description Beginning JavaScript Development with jQuery presents the world of dynamic web applications to web developers from the standpoint of modern standards. The author shows new JavaScript developers how working with the standard jQuery library will help them to do more with less code and fewer errors.
The book's 4-color code syntax highlighting will provide visual reinforcement to all web developers to help them see the various pieces and parts that make up each line and section of the code. The approach of the book is project oriented, assuming some base knowledge in XHTML and CSS. The book uses exercises as mental recaps.
Some of the topics covered include:
Selecting, Filtering, and Events
Manipulating Content and Attributes
CSS, Ajax
Plugins and Extending jQuery
Dragging elements: drag and drop
Drag and Drop Sorting
UI element selection
Resizing and expanding/contracting accordion elements
