The web development community became intensely excited on January 14, 2009 when jQuery version 1.3.0 was officially released. jQuery 1.3 brings with it significant improvements, especially when it comes to speed. In addition, the developers were able to keep jQuery as small as ever while adding some great and often requested features. Today, we will have an in depth look at the new features, and how you can squeeze the most out of it.
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Accordions can be very useful for showing lots of different sections of data in a small amount of space. jQuery UI has a built in Accordion function, but according to the jQuery UI Build your Download, the size of the Core jQuery UI and Accordion scripts are 25kb and 16.6kb, respectively. Today, I’ll show you how to build a custom accordion that is more “bandwidth efficient”.
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In this article we’re going to be building our very own jQuery plugin step-by-step from scratch; jQuery makes this task exceptionally easy for us, giving us a simple method of packaging up our scripts and exposing their functionality, and encouraging the use of scalable and reusable object-oriented techniques.
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It makes sense to forgo database tables and server-side code when you need to store a limited amount of non-sensitive data. Accessing this data can be a snap with jQuery because the library was built to traverse XML documents with ease. With some custom JavaScript and jQuery magic you can create some interesting widgets. A good way to demonstrate this functionality is by building a browsable Amazon.com books widget.
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This tutorial will show you how to use the "Popular Queries" feed from your Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) as a data source for a jQuery autocomplete.
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There are a lot of tutorials on how to make CSS bar graphs. But sometimes, bar graphs aren’t enough. What if our data tracks change over time and a line graph is more appropriate? Or maybe we’re not satisfied with just a bar graph. Enter Flot, ajQuery plugin that lets us make good looking graphs with ease.
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There are a few special techniques or effects that can spice up just about any web page. These are the top 20 Ajax effects that every web developer should know. They’re essential parts of any web developer’s toolbox. If you haven’t seen them yet, you no doubt will in your future web development endeavors.
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Last Week I got you all to create a neat looking Dashboard/Desktop. You guys are gonna totally FLIP when you hear what’s in this jam packed tutorial! More focus on the Dashboard (I swear it’s cooler than it sounds, and requires a lot of code), and I’ll even go into how to create a stack (seperate from the dock, sorry jqDock doesn’t like nestled <ul>s), and some extra little bits to make it all click.
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JavaScript is one of the most widely used languages in web development. It’s simple, yet very powerful, and the number of ways that it can be used are almost limitless. That’s why it’s so important to gather advice from those who have gone before you. Here are 10 tips from well-respected web developers within the JavaScript community.
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jQuery adds a whole lot of cool functionality to your websites. It can do a range of things, from animation to AJAX. It’s usually frowned upon to rely heavily on jQuery to design your sites, but it’s fun to go wild every now and then. In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to use jQuery to create a completely coded Dashboard, just like Leopard! This can be handy in hiding a whole lot of gadgets or widgets you don’t have space for!
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