jQuery
- 2. What is jQuery? jQuery is a JavaScript library Fast and concise, simplifies HTML documents traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions Basically, in many cases, a shorthand for JavaScript
- 3. Why jQuery is awesome! Lightweight, loads quickly - it’s only 31KB! CSS3 compliant Cross-browser compatibility Open source Easy to install & use
- 4. What jQuery does Makes it easier to implement animations and transitions into your page Also compresses other functionalities into shorter code
- 5. Who’s using jQuery? Google, Dell, Bank of America, MLB, Digg, NBC, CBS, Netflix, Mozilla, Wordpress, Drupal Many businesses, designers, developers
- 6. Examples Menus Galleries Parallax Animation & interactive content Maps Sliders Anything you can do with JavaScript, you can do with jQuery + more!
- 7. How to use jQuery Download jQuery at jquery.com - Two versions: production & development Place library in your web site’s file strucure and reference it I your HEAD tag: <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
- 8. jQuery Resources jQuery.com W3schools.com Google it
- 9. Implementing jQuery Go through tutorials online Install/use open source jQuery projects to your site for free Purchase jQuery projects/plug-ins Just like JavaScript projects ^
- 10. Why Use It? Smooth, concise, easy to learn Saves you time on coding and development Lots of websites are implementing it, so you probably need to learn it Works well alongside HTML5 and CSS3, which are quickly becoming the new standard Learning it now will put you ahead of the game