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Learning jQuery : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques

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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Learning jQuery
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Learning jQuery
Credits
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Credits
About the Authors
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About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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Getting Started
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Getting Started
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What jQuery Does
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Why jQuery Works Well
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Our First jQuery Document
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Summary
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Selectors—How to Get Anything You Want
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Selectors—How to Get Anything You Want
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The Document Object Model
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The $() Factory Function
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CSS Selectors
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XPath Selectors
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Custom Selectors
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DOM Traversal Methods
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Accessing DOM Elements
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Summary
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Events—How to Pull the Trigger
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Events—How to Pull the Trigger
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Performing Tasks on Page Load
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Simple Events
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Compound Events
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Limiting and Ending Events
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Simulating User Interaction
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Summary
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Effects—How to Add Flair to Your Actions
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Effects—How to Add Flair to Your Actions
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Inline CSS Modification
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Basic Hide and Show
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Effects and Speed
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Multiple Effects
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Simultaneous versus Queued Effects
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In a Nutshell
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Summary
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DOM Manipulation—How to Change Your Page on Command
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DOM Manipulation—How to Change Your Page on Command
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Manipulating Attributes
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Inserting New Elements
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Moving Elements
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Wrapping Elements
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Copying Elements
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DOM Manipulation Methods in a Nutshell
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Summary
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AJAX—How to Make Your Site Buzzword-Compliant
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AJAX—How to Make Your Site Buzzword-Compliant
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Loading Data on Demand
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Choosing a Data Format
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Passing Data to the Server
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Keeping an Eye on the Request
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AJAX and Events
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Security Limitations
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Summary
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Table Manipulation
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Table Manipulation
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Sorting
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Pagination
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The Finished Code
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Advanced Row Striping
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Row Highlighting
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Tooltips
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Collapsing and Expanding
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Filtering
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The Finished Code
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Summary
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Forms with Function
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Forms with Function
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Progressively Enhanced Form Styling
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Form Validation
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Checkbox Manipulation
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The Finished Code
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Placeholder Text for Fields
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AJAX Auto-Completion
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The Finished Code
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Input Masking
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Numeric Calculations
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Deleting Items
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Editing Shipping Information
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The Finished Code
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Summary
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Shufflers and Rotators
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Shufflers and Rotators
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Headline Rotator
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An Image Carousel
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Image Enlargement
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The Finished Code
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Summary
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Plug-ins
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Plug-ins
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How to Use a Plug-in
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Popular Plug-Ins
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Finding Plug-in Documentation
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Developing a Plug-in
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Summary
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Online Resources
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Online Resources
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jQuery Documentation
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JavaScript Reference
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JavaScript Code Compressors
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(X)HTML Reference
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CSS Reference
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XPath Reference
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Useful Blogs
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Web Development Frameworks Using jQuery
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Development Tools
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Development Tools
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Tools for Firefox
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Tools for Internet Explorer
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Tools for Safari
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Other Tools
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JavaScript Closures
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JavaScript Closures
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Inner Functions
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The Great Escape
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Variable Scoping
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Interactions between Closures
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Closures in jQuery
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Memory Leak Hazards
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Conclusion

Form Validation

Before we add validation to any form with jQuery, we need to remember one important rule: client-side validation is not a substitute for server-side validation. Again, we cannot rely on users to have JavaScript enabled. If we truly require certain fields to be entered, or to be entered in a particular format, JavaScript alone can’t guarantee the result we demand. Some users prefer not to enable JavaScript, some devices simply don’t support it, and a few users could intentionally submit malicious data by circumventing JavaScript restrictions.

Immediate Feedback

Why then should we bother implementing validation with jQuery? Client-side form validation using jQuery can offer one advantage over server-side validation: immediate feedback. Server-side code, whether it’s ASP, PHP, or any other fancy acronym, needs the page to be reloaded to take effect (unless it is accessed asynchronously, of course, which in any case requires JavaScript). With jQuery, we can capitalize on the peppy...

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