Learning jQuery

A long time ago I built myself a little bookmarklet to load jQuery on pages that don’t already have it. The idea was to allow me to play around with any page on the web, using jQuery in the Firebug (and now Safari or IE8) console. I blogged about it, got lots of great feedback, and then blogged about an improved version. Now that a lot more great feedback has come through the comments of the updated bookmarklet post, I’ve decided to update it one more time.

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Since the release of jQuery 1.3 a month and a half ago, I’ve been keeping my eye on any troubles that people have had with their upgrades. Fortunately, most people have had no problems at all. For those who have, the issues have almost always been in one of three areas. Identifying these areas and adjusting any legacy scripts ahead of time will go a long way toward ensuring a smooth transition to jQuery 1.3.x.

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Although jQuery has a nice set of slide methods — .slideDown(), .slideUp(), and .slideToggle() — sometimes we may want to slide an element in a different direction. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to do.

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Two years ago I made the somewhat immodest claim that 2007 would be the “Year of jQuery.” Since then, jQuery’s popularity has grown in ways that none of the core contributors could have imagined. Now I’m ready to make another bold pronouncement: 2009 will be the year of jQuery UI. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »

Somebody on the jQuery Google Group asked the other day about toggling a checkbox within a table row when the user clicked anywhere within the row. This can be a nice feature to have, and it’s also very straightforward to implement.

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This post, my 55th on Learning jQuery, is a departure from the usual jQuery tutorials and announcements. It’s about my experience speaking at the Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference in New York City this week. I’m writing it mostly for myself, to set down in writing my thoughts about what went right and what went wrong for me at the conference, and to learn from it. I’m also writing this with the hope that someone else might be able to learn from my experience, as well. While I’ll try not to make it too terribly self-indulgent, there will be some “self-disclosure” that might make you feel uncomfortable, so if you’re looking for something less personal here, please stop reading this and head over to the category archives, where you’ll find some good tips on using jQuery.

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