{"product_id":"9781484207871","title":"Practical jQuery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePractical jQuery\u003c\/em\u003e is your step-by-step guide to using jQuery in the real world, taking you from downloading jQuery all the way to extending it by writing your own plug-ins and testing the DOM using QUnit. jQuery is one of today’s most popular JavaScript web application development frameworks and libraries. While getting started with the tool is easy, sometimes it's not as simple to completely realize the power and automation that it can bring to your development work—and that's especially the case when you're in the middle of a project, up against a deadline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing this book, you will learn how to use jQuery’s powerful DOM manipulation tools to dynamically update content on your site. You will be able to extend jQuery’s capabilities by writing your own plugins on top of the framework, animate elements, build your own jQuery elements, employ best practices, and avoid common errors. \u003cem\u003ePractical jQuery\u003c\/em\u003e teaches you how, with jQuery, you can unit test and refactor your code. You’ll see how expressive yet concise jQuery’s code is and how much quicker and efficient it is to develop with jQuery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet a fundamental perspective on how jQuery works, how to understand, select, and build your own plug-ins, and how to make sure your projects run at the peak of their potential performance using \u003cem\u003ePractical jQuery \u003c\/em\u003etoday.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat you’ll learn\u003cp\u003e• Use jQuery’s powerful manipulation tools to dynamically update your website’s content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Animate content and build your own image slider with jQuery’s animation tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Extend the library by writing your own custom plugins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Use plugins created by others in the community and integrate them into your website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Refactor and test DOM manipulation using QUnit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003cem\u003ePractical jQuery\u003c\/em\u003e is for the web developers confident with HTML and CSS and familiar with basic JavaScript but struggling to get to grips with jQuery. \u003cem\u003ePractical jQuery\u003c\/em\u003e is great for the developer wanting to enhance their skillset and want to code quicker and efficiently.      \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003cp\u003e1. Evolution of jQuery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Getting Started with jQuery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Traversing DOM with jQuery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. DOM Manipulation with jQuery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Events in jQuery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Real World Events in jQuery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Animation in jQuery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Ajax with jQuery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Creating Plug-ins with jQuery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Integrating Plug-ins with jQuery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Using jQuery Frameworks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Testing jQuery with QUnit \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130328072432,"sku":"9781484207871","price":31.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781484207871_p0.jpg?v=1763631894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781484207871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}