links - jquery

"jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development."

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Start

Download jQuery http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery Latest version, including minified and compressed versions. jQuery : 2010
Getting Started with jQuery http://sixrevisions.com/javascript/getting-started-with-jquery/ An introduction to what jQuery does. Not much code, just gives the ideas. Links to good resources for learning Javascript and jQuery. Louis Lazaris : Jan 2010
Home of jQuery http://jquery.com/ "A new kind of JavaScript library. jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Tutorials, documentation, and get the libraries." jQuery : 2010

Learn - begin

Get started with jQuery http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/get_started_with_jquery/ Slow and easy tutorial for learning jQuery fundamentals. Webmonkey : 2010
Getting Started with jQuery (jQuery, A Designer's Perspective) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptjunkie/ff848255.aspx "For me, one of the things that made jQuery instantly stand out from other frameworks was its documentation. ... the documentation is organized by what you want to do with it." Goes through steps of setting up jQuery and making an "accordion" drop-down with it. Emily Lewis : July 2010
jQuery for Absolute Beginners - videos http://querystyle.com/screencasts/?c=tips From the basic of jQuery, to making a Query style-switcher, all using PHP to access the jQuery library. List of lessons shows first lesson at bottom of page! Jeff Way - QueryStyle : May 2009
jQuery Fundamentals - Book http://jqfundamentals.com/ HTML, PDF, and EPUB versions. Rebecca Murphey : 2010
jQuery Learning Kit http://addyosmani.com/blog/jq143offlinelearningkit/ Contains everything you need to learn jQuery: Rebecca Murphy's excellent jQuery Fundamentals book and exercises (PDF), jQAPI 1.4.3 Offline Documentation pack that lets you browse the documentation and API examples on your desktop, jQuery cheatsheets, and the jQuery library v 1.43. Addy Osmani : 2010

How-tos - begin

Improve your jQuery Selectors: 5 Quick Tips http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-tutorials/improve-your-jquery-selectors-5-quick-tips.html "This post is about going through previously written code and looking at ways we can improve it, both the readability and the efficiency. " Jack Franklin : June 2010
Script and Style http://scriptandstyle.com/ "Links to help you grow as a designer and developer." A lot of good how-tos for CSS with jQuery. Script and Style : 2010

How-tos - adv

Inline Expansion — Why And Where To Use It http://spyrestudios.com/inline-expansion-why-and-where-to-use-it/ "jQuery Accordion" or "show/hide" boxes. Can do this with CSS, jQuery just makes it have more visual effects. Explains when to use and when to avoid, with links to jQuery code. Joel Reyes - SpyreStudios : June 2010
Optimizing javascript/jQuery loading time: a beginner's guide http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/optimizing-javascriptjquery-loading-ti me-a-beginners-guide/ "With some great free tools you can easily optimize your javascript to load 2 or 3 times faster if you are willing to trade the regular way of embedding javascript file. " First, load scripts at end of page. Others: Load scripts asynchronously, combine and minify; with code and links to tools. Cedric Dugas : July 2010

Scripts - collections

[images] Image Gallery Plugins http://tibetangeeks.com/technologies/web_development/web_applications/gallery-javascript-links.html List of links to good Gallery scripts TibetanGeeks : September 2010
[misc] jQuery Tutorials at TutorialZine http://tutorialzine.com/category/tutorials/jquery-tutorials/ Small apps and useful scripts. TutorialZine : 2010

Scripts - useful

Validity: Unobtrusive jQuery Form Validation Plugin http://www.w3avenue.com/2010/06/24/validity-unobtrusive-jquery-form-validation-plugin/ "powerful jQuery plugin for client-side form validation. It is easy to setup, lightweight, unobtrusive and allows you to make use of jQuery's selector engine and follows its pattern of method chaining — so if you already know jQuery, then learning to use validity will be really easy." W3Avenue : June 2010

videos

jQuery for absolute beginners http://querystyle.com/screencasts/?c=tips From the basic of jQuery, to making a Query style-switcher, all using PHP to access the jQuery library. List of lessons shows first lesson at bottom of page! Jeff Way - QueryStyle : May 2009
jQuery video tutorials at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jquery+tutorial+for+beginners&aq=1 Many video tutorials YouTube : 2010

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