Beginning jQuery [eLearning]

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 : Beginning with jQuery

Course Overview

Installation and Setup

Title Map

Lesson Overview

Making Our First jQuery- Powered Web Page

Adding our jQuery Code

Plain JavaScript Versus jQuery

Using jQuery with Developer Tools

Summary

Chapter 2 : Selecting Elements

Lesson Overview

Understanding the DOM

Using the $() Function

Selector Specificity

Custom Selectors

Form Selectors

DOM Traversal Methods

Chaining

Accessing DOM Elements

Summary

Chapter 3 : Handling Events

Lesson Overview

Performing Tasks on Page Load

Handling Simple Events

Event Handler Context

Showing and Hiding Page Elements

Event Propagation

Altering the Journey – The Event Object

Preventing Default Actions

Delegating Events

Remove An Event Handler

Giving Namespaces to Event Handlers

Rebinding Events

Simulating User Interaction

Keyboard Events

Summary

Chapter 4 : Styling and Animating

Lesson Overview

Modifying CSS with Inline Properties

Built-In Animation Effects

Creating Custom Animations

Simultaneous Versus Queued Effects

Working with Multiple Sets of Elements

Summary

Chapter 5 : Manipulating the DOM

Lesson Overview

Manipulating Attributes

Computed Attribute Values

Data Attributes

DOM Tree Manipulation

Inserting New Elements

Moving Elements

Wrapping Elements

Copying Elements

Content Getter and Setter Methods

DOM Manipulation Methods in a Nutshell

Summary

Chapter 6 : Working with Ajax

Lesson Overview

Loading Data on Demand

Retrieving JSON

Choosing a Data Format

Passing Data to the Server

The .ajax() Function

Deferreds and Promises

Error Handling

Summary

Chapter 7 : jQuery Plugins

Lesson Overview

Using a Plugin

Specifying Plugin Options

Modifying Defaults

Interacting with Plugins

jQuery UI

CSS Class Animations

jQuery UI Interaction Components

Widgets and jQuery UI ThemeRoller

jQuery Mobile

Interactive Elements and Advanced Features

Summary

Chapter 8 : Advanced Selectors, Traversing, and DOM Manipulation

Lesson Overview

Selecting and Traversing Revisited

Dynamic Table Filtering

Striping Table Rows

Combining Filtering and Striping

Writing a Custom Selector Plugin

Using HTML5 Data Attributes

Revisiting Attribute Manipulation

Summary

Chapter 9 : Advanced Events and Effects

Lesson Overview

Event Delegation

Displaying Data on Hover and Choosing a Delegation Scope

Defining Custom Events

Event Throttling

Interrupting Animations

Defining Effect Durations

Chaining Calls

Multi-Property Easing and Deferred Objects

Animation Promises

Summary

Chapter 10 : Advanced Ajax

Lesson Overview

Same-Origin Policy and JSONP

CORS

Error Handling

Using the jqXHR Objectg

Caching Responses

Extending Ajax Capabilities

AJAX Pre Filters

Summary