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ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (Second Edition) - Second Edition

By : Sonal Merchant, Sonal Aneel Allana
Book Image

ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (Second Edition) - Second Edition

By: Sonal Merchant, Sonal Aneel Allana

Overview of this book

jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that has changed the landscape of client scripting in web applications. Developed by John Resig in 2006, it has taken the web by storm because of its cross-browser compatibility and the ability to get more done with less code. It has gained popularity with ASP.NET developers and is now distributed with Visual Studio and the NuGet package manager. ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook explores the wide range of utilities that the jQuery library provides. It teaches you the nitty-gritty of plugging in these features in ASP.NET web applications. It covers every aspect of interfacing the library, right from downloading and including jQuery on web pages to selecting controls, handling events, and creating animations. This book also walks you through DOM traversal and manipulation in ASP.NET and then through visual effects and graphics in ASP.NET sites. It explores advanced features such as posting AJAX requests and writing plugins. It will provide you with all the information you need to use this library confidently with ASP.NET.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Passing data with events and using event namespacing


In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to pass event data with the .trigger() method. The event data will be defined in the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format, which is simply a collection of name/value pairs. We will also see how to use namespacing on the same event type to execute different handlers. The constructs used in this example are as follows:

Construct

Type

Description

$(this)

jQuery object

This refers to the current jQuery object.

:checked

jQuery selector

This selects all checked checkboxes and radio buttons.

click

jQuery event

This is fired when you click on an element. It corresponds to the JavaScript click event.

.find()

jQuery method

This finds all elements matching the filter.

.on()

jQuery event binder

This attaches an event handler for one or more events to the matched elements.

.trigger()

jQuery method

This executes handlers and behaviors attached to the matched elements.

.val...