jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your websites

regardless of your background. In this book, creators of the popular

jQuery learning resource, learningquery.com, share their knowledge,

experience, and enthusiasm about jQuery to help you get the most from

the library and to make your web applications shine. For designers,

jQuery leverages existing CSS and HTML skills, allowing you to

dynamically find and change any aspect of a page. This book provides a

gentle introduction to jQuery concepts, allowing you to add interactions

and animations to your pages-even if previous attempts at writing

JavaScript have left you baffled. For programmers, jQuery offers an open

-source, standards-compliant, unobtrusive approach to writing complex

JavaScript applications. This book will guide you past the pitfalls

associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language

features, as well as provide you with a reference to the jQuery library

to return to again and again. This book begins with a tutorial to

jQuery, followed by an examination of common, real-world client-side

problems, and solutions for each of them.A detailed reference rounds off

the book, making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your

jQuery questions. Who this book is written for This book is for web

designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs, and

for developers who want to create the best user interface for their web

applications. The reader will need the basics of HTML and CSS, and

should be comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript. No knowledge of

jQuery is assumed, nor is experience with any other JavaScript libraries

required.