jQuery in Action

jQuery in Action, Third Edition, is a fast-paced and complete guide to jQuery, focused on the tasks you'll face in nearly any web dev project. Written for readers with minimal JavaScript experience, this revised edition adds new examples and exercises, along with the deep and practical coverage you expect from an In Action book. You'll learn how to traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, write plugins, and even unit test your code. The unique lab pages anchor each concept with real-world code. Several new chapters teach you how to interact with other tools and frameworks to build modern single-page web applications.

About the Technology

Thanks to jQuery, no one remembers the bad old days when programmers manually managed browser inconsistencies, CSS selectors support, and DOM navigation, and when every animation was a frustrating exercise in raw JavaScript. The elegant, intuitive jQuery library beautifully manages these concerns, and jQuery 3 adds even more features to make your life as a web developer smooth and productive.

About the Book

jQuery in Action, Third Edition, is a fast-paced guide to jQuery, focused on the tasks you'll face in nearly any web dev project. In it, you'll learn how to traverse the DOM, handle events, perform animations, write jQuery plugins, perform Ajax requests, and even unit test your code. Its unique Lab Pages anchor each concept in real-world code. This expanded Third Edition adds new chapters that teach you how to interact with other tools and frameworks and build modern single-page web applications.

What's Inside

Updated for jQuery 3
DOM manipulation and event handling
Animations and effects
Advanced topics including Unit Testing and Promises
Practical examples and labs

About the Readers

Readers are assumed to have only beginning-level JavaScript knowledge.

About the Authors

Bear Bibeault is coauthor of Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Ajax in Practice, and Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action. Yehuda Katz is an early contributor to jQuery and cocreator of Ember.js. Aurelio De Rosa is a full-stack web developer and a member of the jQuery content team.

Table of Contents

PART 1 STARTING WITH JQUERY

Introducing jQuery

PART 2 CORE JQUERY

Selecting elements
Operating on a jQuery collection
Working with properties, attributes, and data
Bringing pages to life with jQuery
Events are where it happens!
Demo: DVD discs locator
Energizing pages with animations and effects
Beyond the DOM with jQuery utility functions
Talk to the server with Ajax 260
Demo: an Ajax-powered contact form

PART 3 ADVANCED TOPICS

When jQuery is not enough… plugins to the rescue!
Avoiding the callback hell with Deferred
Unit testing with QUnit
How jQuery fits into large projects