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

About the Author

Cody Lindley, editor of jQuery Cookbook, brings together over a dozen contributors, all of them key people in jQuery's ongoing development process. Each focuses on subjects they've worked with and often helped create.