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Instant IntroJs

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Instant IntroJs

Overview of this book

IntroJs is a JavaScript and CSS3 library, used to create simple step-by-step help pages or introductions for websites and applications to show the users new features or whole application parts quickly and concisely. Instant IntroJs is a reference to get started with IntroJs right away. Instant IntroJs teaches you how to work with key IntroJs methods and events to create awesome step-by-step introductions. This book contains numerous examples of introductions and help pages with detailed explanations. It also shows you how to customize the library with your preferred stylesheet or integrate it with other server-side frameworks. Instant IntroJs teaches you how to work with the IntroJs API, methods, and events to create step-by-step introductions for websites and applications. This book will give you the knowledge to make the preferred changes to IntroJs in order to build a customized introduction. Instant IntroJs provides many examples of introductions and helps you with using HTML attributes and JSON configurations, as well as some descriptions about how to use and integrate IntroJs with other server-side libraries, such as Ruby on Rails and PHP Yii. You will be provided with information about the latest features of IntroJs that include multi-page introductions, creating introductions using JSON configuration and HTML attributes, methods to change or customize the library, and more. Instant IntroJs provides full and detailed examples of step-by-step introductions to help you easily learn and use the latest version of the IntroJs library.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

So, what is IntroJs?


Web developers must realize that it is important that their websites are self-explanatory. Website navigation should be obvious. Users do not expect to spend too much time to find out how to use a website. What if you need to explain your website to your visitors? To achieve these goals, designing an info-graphic chart would be one of the best approaches.

Users are the most important assets, and it is vital to inform them about new changes in your website. It is always easier to lose a significant number of users by not introducing them to updates and changes rather than attracting them. So how are you going to inform them about these changes? Surely, you are looking for the best and the shortest way to avoid wasting time and energy.

IntroJs is a library that helps to inform users about new changes and indicates the new version's functionality. When a customer or a user visits a website, it is vital to show them the website's functions and new updates to improve user interaction, performance, and ability to work with the website in an easier and faster manner. Even a big feature might be ignored by a visitor just because of the complications. Hence, showing the website features clearly could have the biggest effect on the failure or success of the website.

To improve the users' knowledge while filling a huge form and to speed this process, it's better to give them more information about it. IntroJs is a library that lets the developers break their website into highlighted segments to help customers and users use their website in a better way. By using this library, they can create a step-by-step introduction to show the website's features, and also inform users about new changes.

Usages

IntroJs could be used in several situations in order to make things easy to understand and useful for audiences. IntroJs is basically used for the following:

  • Introducing a part to the user

  • Creating a step-by-step introduction

  • Creating a multipage introduction

  • Showing new updates and changes to the user

IntroJs was developed and designed with JavaScript and CSS3. To use IntroJs, both JavaScript and CSS files need to be included in the page, and IntroJs methods need to be called. There is no dependence between IntroJs and other libraries, and there is no need to use any other libraries on the page.

Features

IntroJs is a lightweight, open source, and easy-to-use library with an active community of users and developers. Some of the notable features are as follows:

  • Small size (4 KB JavaScript and 2 KB CSS)

  • Easy to use

  • Pure JavaScript and CSS

  • No dependence with other libraries

  • Compatible with mobile and tablet devices

  • Compatible with older browsers

  • Free and open source

  • MIT license