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ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (Second Edition) - Second Edition

By : Sonal Merchant, Sonal Aneel Allana
Book Image

ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (Second Edition) - Second Edition

By: Sonal Merchant, Sonal Aneel Allana

Overview of this book

jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that has changed the landscape of client scripting in web applications. Developed by John Resig in 2006, it has taken the web by storm because of its cross-browser compatibility and the ability to get more done with less code. It has gained popularity with ASP.NET developers and is now distributed with Visual Studio and the NuGet package manager. ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook explores the wide range of utilities that the jQuery library provides. It teaches you the nitty-gritty of plugging in these features in ASP.NET web applications. It covers every aspect of interfacing the library, right from downloading and including jQuery on web pages to selecting controls, handling events, and creating animations. This book also walks you through DOM traversal and manipulation in ASP.NET and then through visual effects and graphics in ASP.NET sites. It explores advanced features such as posting AJAX requests and writing plugins. It will provide you with all the information you need to use this library confidently with ASP.NET.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding items to controls at runtime


In this recipe, we will use jQuery to add items to different ASP.NET controls, such as DropDownList, ListBox, and BulletedList at runtime. The constructs used in this example are summarized as follows:

Construct

Type

Description

$("#identifier")

jQuery selector

This selects an element using its ID

$.map()

jQuery function

This transforms an array or object into another array

.append()

jQuery method

This inserts content at the end of each matched element

.click()

jQuery event binder

This binds a handler to the click event of an element

event.preventDefault()

JavaScript function

This prevents the default action of the event from being triggered

.focus()

jQuery event binder

This triggers the focus event of an element or binds an event handler to the focus event

.prepend()

jQuery method

This inserts content at the beginning of each matched element

.split()

JavaScript function

This splits a string into substrings using...