Professional jQuery /by Cesar Otero, Rob Larsen. Over the past several years javascript has undergone a remarkable transformation. It is now one of the most important programming languages in the world. With the ongoing importance of Ajax-based development and the rise of full-featured javascript libraries, most of the stigma around javascript has vanished. The most beginner-friendly library, jQuery, is responsible for most of this turnaround. jQuery is used at some of the largest organizations in the world, including Amazon, IBM, Twitter, NBC, Best Buy, and Dell. In 2011 there were three major releases in jQuery and the community surrounding it continues to grow. jQuery is prominently featured at the front end of Java/Spring, PHP, .NET, Ruby on Rails, and Python/Django stacks all over the Web. If you have experience with HTML, CSS, and javascript, this book is for you. It will expand your jQuery knowledge by focusing on the core library with the benefit of strong core javascript expertise in many of the lessons.
This book is aimed at three groups of readers:
Experienced server-side web application developers looking to move into the client-side using the world’s most popular front-end library Experienced javascript programmers looking to ramp up quickly on jQuery Novice to intermediate jQuery developers looking to expand their jQuery knowledge into more advanced topics
