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Instant jQuery Boilerplate for Plugins

By : Jonathan Fielding
Book Image

Instant jQuery Boilerplate for Plugins

By: Jonathan Fielding

Overview of this book

jQuery plugins helps you to extend jQuery's prototype object. jQuery plugins are used to achieve a specific task with a collection of elements, they are modular and reusable across several projects.Instant jQuery Boilerplate for Plugins is a hands on guide to writing your own plugins. The recipes in this book will guide you through the steps of plug-in development.Each recipe is a short tutorial within itself that will help you explore different options available within jQuery by providing a clear explanation on what jQuery Boilerplate has to offer. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to write a plugin and will be ready to start writing plugins of your own.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Chapter 1. Instant jQuery Boilerplate for Plugins

Welcome to Instant jQuery Boilerplate for Plugins. One of the most compelling features of jQuery is its vast array of plugins that have been developed for the library. jQuery has supported plugins since its conception and, as such, has led to the creation of many great plugins including ColorBox, Chosen, and Hover Intent. With the ample number of plugins available, it is very easy to save yourself a significant amount of time when building a website by finding a plugin that already does what you want.