3. The JavaScript Ninja! John Resig - is a JavaScript Tool Developer for the Mozilla Corporation and the creator and lead developer of the jQuery.
4. What is jQuery? Is a single JavaScript file. Is a cross-browser JavaScript library (e.g. Dojo, YUI, Prototype, Mochikit, Scriptaculous)designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig. An open source functional scripting tool. Syntax is designed to make it easier to navigate a document, select DOM elements, create animations, handle events, and develop Ajax applications. Provides capabilities for developers to create plugins on top of the JavaScript library.
5. Why use jQuery? Free! (MIT License & GNU GPL v2) Cross browser(IE 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Opera 9+ & Chrome 1+) Lightweight (14KB) Extensible Fully documented (http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page) Templating engine Unit test (QUnit) Documentation Generator (JsDoc-Toolkit) Browser extensions (jsshell, FireQuery, etc…) Great community Tons of plugins (DataGrid, Sortable table, etc...)
7. Where can I get jQuery? jQuery official website http://jquery.com/ Microsoft adopted it within Visual Studio 2010 for use within Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX framework and ASP.NET MVC Framework Public Servers http://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx#jQuery_Releases_on_the_CDN_0 http://code.google.com/apis/libraries/devguide.html#jquery
8. How can I use jQuery? Pick compression level Include the library <script type=“text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script> Start coding <script type=“text/javascript" > // Put your logic here… </script>
11. jQuery UI Provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that can be used to build interactive web applications. Samples Resizable Tabs Accordion Progress Bar Calendar etc…
23. Animations $(“#menu”).slideDown(“slow”); Individual properties $(“div”).animate({ fontWeight: “2em”, width: “+=20%”, color: “green” // via plugin }); Callbacks $(“div”).hide(500, function(){ // $(this) is an individual <div> element $(this).show(500); });
24. Ajax $(“#body”).load(“sample.html div > h1”); Before <div id=”body”></div> After <div id=”body”> <h1>Hello, world!</h1> </div> $.getJSON(“test.json”, function(js){ for ( var name in js ) $(“ul”).append(“<li>” + name + “</li>”); });
25. Chaining You can have multiple actions against a single set of elements $(“div”).hide(); $(“div”).hide().css(“color”,”blue”); $(“div”).hide().css(“color”,”blue”).slideDown();
26. jQuery Plugins jQuery Sliders Slider Gallery (http://jqueryfordesigners.com/demo/slider-gallery.html) jQuery Navigation Menu Icon Dock (http://icon.cat/software/iconDock/0.8b/dock.html) Navigation Tree View (http://jquery.bassistance.de/treeview/demo/) Many-many more…
27. jQuery Authoring Extend the jQuery system Add on extra methods $(“div”).hideRemove(); Trivial to implement jQuery.fn.hideRemove= function(speed){ return this.hide(speed, function(){ jQuery(this).remove(); }); };
29. jQuery and JSON JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) - is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. Sample: { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25, "address": { "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "postalCode": "10021" }, "phoneNumber": [ { "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234" }, { "type": "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" } ] }
30. jQuery’s LINQ LINQ style functionality for JavaScript. Allows you to work with sets of data using query style syntax to select, order and sort records. Sample: var results = jLinq.from(records) .ignoreCase() .startsWith("name", "m") .or("j") .is("admin") .orderBy("age") .select(); }}
31. jQuery on SVG Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) - is a family of specifications of an XML-based file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic (i.e. interactive or animated). Sample: <svg width="100%" height="100%" version="1.1“ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect width="300" height="100“ style="fill:rgb(0,0,255);stroke-width:1; stroke:rgb(0,0,0)"/>
32. jQuery Effects IDE Glimmer allows you to easily create interactive elements on your web pages by harnessing the power of the jQuery library. Without having to hand-craft your JavaScript code, you can use Glimmer’s wizards to generate jQuery scripts for common interactive scenarios. Glimmer also has an advanced mode, providing a design surface for creating jQuery effects based on your existing HTML and CSS.
33. QUnit Qunit - is a powerful, easy-to-use, JavaScript test suite. It's used by the jQuery project to test its code and plugins but is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code (and even capable of testing JavaScript code on the server-side). Sample: test("a basic test example", function () { ok(true, "this test is fine"); varvalue = "hello"; equals("hello", value, "We expect value to be hello"); });
34. jQuery Intelisense in VS http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/11/21/jquery-intellisense-in-vs-2008.aspx jQuery Compressor http://javascriptcompressor.com/ jQuery Learning References www.visualjquery.com & www.learningjquery.com