jQuery Cookbook

by Lindley Cody

jQuery simplifies building rich, interactive web frontends. Getting started with this JavaScript library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; this cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. With these recipes, you'll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance user interfaces.

Ideal for newcomers and JavaScript veterans alike, jQuery Cookbook starts with the basics and then moves to practical use cases with tested solutions to common web development hurdles. You also get recipes on advanced topics, such as methods for applying jQuery to large projects.

Solve problems involving events, effects, dimensions, forms, themes, and user interface elements Learn how to enhance your forms, and how to position and reposition elements on a page Make the most of jQuery's event management system, including custom events and custom event data Create UI elements-such as tabs, accordions, and modals-from scratch Optimize your code to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure peak performance Learn how to test your jQuery applications

The book's contributors include:

Cody Lindley James Padolsey Ralph Whitbeck Jonathan Sharp Michael Geary and Scott González Rebecca Murphey Remy Sharp Ariel Flesler Brian Cherne Jörn Zaefferer Mike Hostetler Nathan Smith Richard D. Worth Maggie Wachs, Scott Jehl, Todd Parker, and Patty Toland Rob Burns

Genres: Programming, Technical, Computers, Reference, Nonfiction, Web, Software

478 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Glenn Burnside · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't really a book you read. It's a book you keep on hand, and look up tactical items as they show up on your to-do list. Some of the syntax and information is dated, so beware - the recipe for what you want to do might have changed since the book was written. This book is a great complement to "jQuery in Action" from Manning Press, which will tell you "what" you can do with jQuery, whereas this book will tell you, in detail, "how."

[Michael Bond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covers most of the situations one might encounter with jQuery. It was my first book on jQuery, so I started to read it straight through, which does work for a beginner in the early parts of the book. Eventually, though, this becomes tiresome as the recipes become very specific to your problem, and at that point the book becomes better as a mere reference.

[Muhammad Huzaifa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Tom Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally submitted at O'Reilly

This has been a relatively clear book of how approach jQuery, and has information for all types of users. I've been using jQuery for a few years, and found it a good reference for understanding/addressing common problems. Plugin authoring, jQuery UI and QUnit all have significant sections in this book, so you also get support for good development practices that you wouldn't necessarily get out of the API.

The only trouble I have with this book is that jQuery updates very frequently. The book I read covered up to v1.3, and newer things (notably the Deferred object) aren't covered at all. Upon reading it some of the material definitely feels a little out of date.

That being said it's still a great book, and will give you a great understanding of the capabilities of jQuery.

[Craig Cecil · Rating 5 out of 5]

I needed an intermediate to advanced book that covered the jQuery JavaScript library for someone who was already familiar with other JavaScript libraries (YUI, Dojo, MooTools). This book fit that need exactly. A quick ramp up on jQuery syntax at the beginning, then right into solutions for common operations, performance tuning, jQuery UI, themes, enhancements and extensions. The book concludes with sections on using jQuery in large projects, using the QUnit test framework, and one of the best set of examples for using Ajax with JSON and JSONP that I've seen. Two weeks and 500 pages later, I'm at the advanced jQuery level. Thanks O'Reilly.

[Alessandro Pellizzari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ottimo manuale. Parte dalle basi di jQuery e arriva agli aspetti più reconditi, passando per alcuni plugin e il testing, senza tralasciare AJAX. Il tutto con esempi di codice chiari e ben spiegati. Se non fosse già di oltre 600 pagine, gli si potrebbe chiedere solo un maggiore approfondimento su jQueryUI, su cui comunque si trovano altri manuali appositi.

[Marcus Sjölin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Denna bok gör verkligen sitt, jag kan inte komma på någon bättre bok för att lära sig använda jQuery på riktigt. Jag tror också på att jQuery är det bästa som kan användas nu, och det kommer antagligen fortsättas att utvecklas även när ny teknik kommer.

[Juha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for a non-web guy like myself in getting to know how common things are done with jQuery.

[Greenicicle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Works well as a collection of (quite good) code examples and receipts, but nothing about the background technology. You should have some solid understanding of jQuery before you pick this one up.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh well, I have to familiarize myself with some new coding approaches! Not exactly novel material but I still pick at it like the turkey bones at Thanksgiving time. Lot's of good meat there!

[Giuseppe Pizzimenti · Rating 3 out of 5]

un ricco "ricettario" di soluzioni , con diversi livelli di approfondimento e effettività a seconda dell'autore

[Walied · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book, stretching my mind. Although it's a JQuery book, but it added to my JS skills.
Recommended to read

[Michael Chase · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book as a reference book. Some of the examples had what I thought were coding errors, but the author was quick to respond and explain why they were not.

[Costin Grigore · Rating 5 out of 5]

With this book you easily understand what is possible to do with jquery. Now I see the cookbooks in a different light. Can be read from cover to cover without getting bored.

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[Wangyiran · Rating 3 out of 5]

for past time,
i read the book at 2014,
although some content is old and deprecated,but some is useful.
i like chapter 3,4,5,9,16

[Darrell Ulm]

The jQuery Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for jQuery Developers book is solid.