Just starting!
1 month ago
Just bought JQuery In Action. Read chapter one. Loving unobtrusive JS!! Kick ass
How to learn jQuery
It made me
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"jQuery is by far my favorite JavaScript framework / library"
How I did it: I just dove in! It was a fairly easy move from Prototype.js after I overcame the intimidation that jQuery sometimes brings. It seemed a bit daunting at first, but once you get familiar with things it all sort of falls in place. Reading jQuery in Action really helped and made some of the more advanced things a lot clearer.
Lessons & tips: Help on how to build selectors, debugging, extending jQuery / writing plug-ins.
Resources: mostly jquery.com and jQuery In Action (highly recommended!)
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Like Eating Potato Chips
4 months ago
I’m well on my way and every day that I use jQuery I find something else that keeps me coming back for more. Last night and tonight I wired up some simple AJAX functionality using the keyup function and the load function and a bit of PHP.
This stuff is SO useful and well worth the learning curve. The ability to make your site infinitely more usable is worth every second of your time.
jQuery video tutorials
10 months ago
Here is a series of jQuery video tutorials I just ran across. I haven’t had a chance to view them myself, but thought someone here might find them useful. This is the first one, but there are several others on this site.
