jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your websites regardless of your background. In this book, creators of the popular jQuery learning resource, learningquery.com, share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about jQuery to help you get the most from the library and to make your web applications shine. For designers, jQuery leverages existing CSS and HTML skills, allowing you to dynamically find and change any aspect of a page. This book provides a gentle introduction to jQuery concepts, allowing you to add interactions and animations to your pages-even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have left you baffled. For programmers, jQuery offers an open -source, standards-compliant, unobtrusive approach to writing complex JavaScript applications. This book will guide you past the pitfalls associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language features, as well as provide you with a reference to the jQuery library to return to again and again. This book begins with a tutorial to jQuery, followed by an examination of common, real-world client-side problems, and solutions for each of them. A detailed reference rounds off the book, making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your jQuery questions. Who this book is written for This book is for web designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs, and for developers who want to create the best user interface for their web applications. The reader will need the basics of HTML and CSS, and should be comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript. No knowledge of jQuery is assumed, nor is experience with any other JavaScript libraries required.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 28 Ratings

I hate to do this but... - 2009-03-22
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I hate to give this one star, as it is probably an excellent book...

but i just wanted to give a heads up to anyone thinking about purchasing this one (as I almost did)... that there is a newer version available from the same authors.

It is called "Learning Jquery 1.3" and covers the most recent version of jQuery. I give that title 5 stars. These authors have done an excellent job. In fact, it is probably the best IT book i have read as far as simplicity yet also being thorough. I dont normally review books, but I am very impressed with what they have done here. But, like I said, this one covers an older version of jQuery and probably should not even be sold anymore. Get "Learning jQuery 1.3".

Great book - 2008-09-20
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This book is great for people that know css well, it makes javascript programming, so much better. If you understand how css works, attaching events, actions, animations is simple. What used to take 30 lines of Dom scripting to do can be done in 2. this book shows you how.

Good book to get started with jQuery - 2009-06-17
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This book is a very good for people who dont know anything about jquery, but want to start using it in their websites. It is very easy to understand and can be used a reference for later use.

Learning jQuery - 2009-04-16
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A simple and surprisingly lucid and concise guide to learning jQuery. Assumes a fairly good knowledge of CSS (e.g. deals with positioning and box model) and XHTML. The ongoing examples used to introduce new concepts are surprisingly agreeable and interesting.

Time to upgrade - 2009-03-21
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This book is a nice, easy introduction to jQuery, but the version it covers is 1.1.2. Last month, the authors came out with a new edition, Learning jQuery 1.3, which has been completely updated. jQuery 1.2 and 1.3 both introduced significant changes; for instance, CSS selectors are now done completely differently. If you're going to get into jQuery, go for the latest version.

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