jQuery in Action
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Very special thanks go to Valentin Crettaz who served as the book's technical
editor. In addition to checking each and every sample of example code in multi-
ple environments, he also offered invaluable contributions to the technical accu-
racy of the text.
ple environments, he also offered invaluable contributions to the technical accu-
racy of the text.
B
EAR
B
IBEAULT
For this, my third published tome, the cast of characters I'd like to thank has a
long list of "usual suspects," including, once again, the membership and staff at
javaranch.com. Without my involvement in JavaRanch, I'd never have gotten the
opportunity to start writing in the first place, and so I sincerely thank Paul
Wheaton and Kathy Sierra for starting the whole thing, as well as fellow staffers
who gave me encouragement and support, including (but probably not limited
to) Eric Pascarello, Ben Souther, Ernest Friedman Hill, Mark Herschberg, and
Max Habbibi.
long list of "usual suspects," including, once again, the membership and staff at
javaranch.com. Without my involvement in JavaRanch, I'd never have gotten the
opportunity to start writing in the first place, and so I sincerely thank Paul
Wheaton and Kathy Sierra for starting the whole thing, as well as fellow staffers
who gave me encouragement and support, including (but probably not limited
to) Eric Pascarello, Ben Souther, Ernest Friedman Hill, Mark Herschberg, and
Max Habbibi.
Thanks go out to Valentin Crettaz--not only for serving as technical editor but
also for introducing me to jQuery in the first place--and to my coworker Daniel
Hedrick who volunteered the PHP examples for the latter part of the book.
Hedrick who volunteered the PHP examples for the latter part of the book.
My partner Jay, and dogs, Little Bear (well, we couldn't have named him just
Bear, now could we?) and Cozmo, get the usual warm thanks for putting up with
the shadowy presence who shared their home but who rarely looked up from the
MacBook Pro keyboard for all the months it took to write this book.
the shadowy presence who shared their home but who rarely looked up from the
MacBook Pro keyboard for all the months it took to write this book.
And finally I'd like to thank my coauthor, Yehuda Katz, without whom this
project would not have been possible.
Y
EHUDA
K
ATZ
To start, I'd like to thank Bear Bibeault, my coauthor, for the benefit of his exten-
sive writing experience. His talented writing and impressive abilities to navigate
the hurdles of professional publishing were a tremendous part of what made this
book possible.
sive writing experience. His talented writing and impressive abilities to navigate
the hurdles of professional publishing were a tremendous part of what made this
book possible.
While speaking of making things possible, it's necessary that I thank my
lovely wife Leah, who put up with the long nights and working weekends for far
longer than I would have felt comfortable asking. Her dedication to completing
this book rivaled even my own; and, as in all things, she made the most difficult
part of this project bearable. I love you, Leah.
longer than I would have felt comfortable asking. Her dedication to completing
this book rivaled even my own; and, as in all things, she made the most difficult
part of this project bearable. I love you, Leah.
Obviously, there would be no jQuery in Action without the jQuery library itself.
I'd like to thank John Resig, the creator of jQuery, for changing the face of
client-side development and easing the burden of web developers across the
client-side development and easing the burden of web developers across the