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Learning jQuery, Third Edition

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Learning jQuery, Third Edition

Overview of this book

To build interesting, interactive sites, developers are turning to JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to automate common tasks and simplify complicated ones. Because many web developers have more experience with HTML and CSS than with JavaScript, the library's design lends itself to a quick start for designers with little programming experience. Experienced programmers will also be aided by its conceptual consistency.Learning jQuery Third Edition is revised and updated for version 1.6 of jQuery. You will learn the basics of jQuery for adding interactions and animations to your pages. Even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have left you baffled, this book will guide you past the pitfalls associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language features.Starting with an introduction to jQuery, you will first be shown how to write a functioning jQuery program in just three lines of code. Learn how to add impact to your actions through a set of simple visual effects and to create, copy, reassemble, and embellish content using jQuery's DOM modification methods. The book will step you through many detailed, real-world examples, and even equip you to extend the jQuery library itself with your own plug-ins.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Learning jQuery Third Edition
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Miscellaneous properties and functions


These utility methods do not fit neatly into the preceding categories, but are often very useful when writing scripts using jQuery.

Properties of the jQuery object

Property

Description

$.support

Return a map of properties indicating whether the browser supports various features and standards

Arrays and objects

Function

Description

$.each(collection, callback)

Iterate over collection, executing callback for each item

$.extend(target, addition, ...)

Modify the object target by adding properties from the other supplied objects

$.grep(array, callback, [invert])

Filter array by using callback as a test

$.makeArray(object)

Convert object into an array

$.map(array, callback)

Construct a new array consisting of the result of callback being called on each item

$.inArray(value, array)

Determine the position of value in array or return -1 if value is not in array

$.merge(array1, array2)

Combine the contents of array1 and array2

$.unique(array)

Remove any duplicate DOM elements from array

Object introspection

Function

Description

$.isArray(object)

Determine whether object is a true JavaScript array

$.isEmptyObject(object)

Determine whether object is empty

$.isFunction(object)

Determine whether object is a function

$.isPlainObject(object)

Determine whether object was created as an object literal or with new Object

$.isWindow(object)

Determine whether object represents a browser window

$.isXMLDoc(object)

Determine whether object is an XML node

$.type(object)

Get the JavaScript class of object

Other

Function

Description

$.trim(string)

Remove whitespace from the ends of string

$.noConflict([removeAll ])

Revert $ to its pre-jQuery definition

$.noop()

A function that does nothing

$.now()

The current time, in seconds since the epoch