Title: Beginning JavaScript and CSS development with jQuery
Description: jQuery allows you to do more in the world of dynamic web applications, with less code and fewer errors. It reduces the amount of JavaScript programming to only a few lines of code while making your JavaScript more intuitive and attractive to work with. At the same time, jQuery makes it easier to manipulate CSS from JavaScript by allowing you to set style for one or many elements at once.   With this unique, project-oriented book, author Richard York teaches even the most novice of JavaScript users how to quickly get started utilizing the JavaScript jQuery Library to decrease the amount of code that needs to be written and tested. A four-color code syntax highlighting system provides a visual reinforcement and allows you to see the nuts and bolts that comprise each line and section of code. With this helpful guide and hands-on exercises, you'll be able to put jQuery to work for you and avoid having to write code from scratch.   What you will learn from this book    How to install and test jQuery  Techniques to manipulate content and attributes  Ways to filter and map a selection or an array   The difference between GET and POST  How to easily show, hide, slide, and fade elements with smooth animations and transitions  Good practice for jQuery plugin development  Methods for making elements draggable  Ways to customize sortable lists   How to implement and localize a datepicker    Who this book is for  This book is for web designers eager to do more with their web-based applications, but who do not necessarily have much JavaScript experience. Some basic knowledge of XHTML and CSS is necessary.   Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
Subjects: Web sites, Design, Cascading style sheets, JavaScript (Computer program language), Computer Technology, Nonfiction, Web site development