A good web development framework anticipates what you need to do and
makes those tasks easier and more efficient; jQuery practically reads
your mind. Developers of every stripe-hobbyists and professionals
alike-fall in love with jQuery the minute they've reduced 20 lines of
clunky JavaScript into three lines of elegant, readable code. This new,
concise JavaScript library radically simplifies how you traverse HTML
documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions
to your web pages.
jQuery in Action, like jQuery itself, is a concise tool
designed to make you a more efficient and effective web developer. In a
short 300 pages, this book introduces you to the jQuery programming
model and guides you through the major features and techniques you'll
need to be productive immediately. The book anchors each new concept in
the tasks you'll tackle in day-to-day web development and offers unique
lab pages where you immediately put your jQuery knowledge to work.
There are dozens of JavaScript libraries available now, with major
companies like Google, Yahoo and AOL open-sourcing their in-house
tools. This book shows you how jQuery stacks up against other libraries
and helps you navigate interaction with other tools and frameworks.
jQuery in Action offers a rich investigation of the
up-and-coming jQuery library for client-side JavaScript. This book
covers all major features and capabilities in a manner focused on
getting the reader up and running with jQuery from the very first
sections. Web Developers reading this book will gain a deep
understanding of how to use jQuery to simplify their pages and lives,
as well as learn the philosophy behind writing jQuery-enhanced pages.