jQuery UI is a user interface library that is built on top of the jQuery JavaScript library. jQuery UI provides many interactive plugins, effects, and interface elements that the developer can use within their interfaces. This chapter will demonstrate jQuery UI's most common elements such as buttons and date pickers and show you how to add them to your website or web application quickly.
Before you start this chapter, ensure that you have visited http://jqueryui.com/ and downloaded the jQuery UI library. Download the library via the Download Builder on their website; make sure all the default options remain selected. The version of jQuery UI that is used in this chapter is v1.10.3, but most recipes will work with newer versions. Their website also provides a wealth of documentation and examples to get you started with jQuery UI.
To start with the recipes in this chapter, create an easily accessible folder named chapter9
and place the jQuery library inside it. Create a subfolder...