http://15daysofjquery.com Examples and tutorials to help you learn JQuery Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The launch of the CD-ROM: "How to Create AJAX Web Applications (using jQuery)" was a hit and I want to thank everyone that ordered. You got a nice $10 price break, and shipping paid for by me. The CD-ROM is just $39 and I'm still paying the shipping costs. And you ... http://15daysofjquery.com/how-to-create-ajax-web-applications-using-jquery/41/ After a long hiatus, I'm going to dive back in and create a new round of tutorials for everyone that wants to learn jQuery. My plans include a lot of video demonstrations to help folks see exactly how to take advantage of everything that jQuery has to offer. I'm even toying ... http://15daysofjquery.com/updates-to-the-jquery-tutorials/42/ I take the day off and hit the golf course only to come back and find out that John Resig and gang have launched jQuery 1.1 with a bunch of new improvements, reworked site design for the official jQuery site, and some really sharp jQuery plugins. Just the Facts John goes into ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-11-makes-a-big-splash/35/ On the same day I'm about to announce a fantastic new plugin, John Resig announces the release of jQuery 1.1 and promises huge speed increases: " We’ll be releasing some final numbers soon, but we’re looking at 4x-10x speed improvements - with some selectors seeing a 30x speed bump." I'm ... http://15daysofjquery.com/big-speed-increases-with-jquery-11a/34/ John Resig, creator of jQuery javascript library, has posted an online video about how to make an accordion style menu using jQuery. Pretty basic stuff... but a good intro to jQuery if you're new to this. http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-online-movie-tutorial-by-john-resig/29/ Over on John Resig's blog he's asking people to submit ideas about different types of tutorials they want to see for jQuery. I have a two part tutorial about to be released that is going to knock your socks off, but I'd love to know what sort of tutorials you'd ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-tutorial-ideas-wanted/28/ Just announced today, version 1.0.4 of jQuery was released. I'll be updating my installation of jQuery on the 15 Days of jQuery blog and also releasing new tutorials in the coming days and weeks. John Resig and company squashed a whole bunch of bugs. They also added some innovative features I'll have ... http://15daysofjquery.com/new-version-of-jquery-released/26/ Through my subscription to John Resig's RSS feed (he created jQuery) I have noticed a flurry of activity over the past several weeks. I've been burdened with a ton of projects I've been putting finishing touches on and so I haven't had time until now to post about all the new ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-just-keeps-getting-better-and-better/23/ When I first started 15DaysOfjQuery.com I made this comment on one of the 'About' pages: If you need super fancy effects for animation, drag and drop, and super smooth animation then you’ll probably want to use Prototype and one of the many great library created to enhance the effects. I left my ... http://15daysofjquery.com/draggable-droppables-and-selectables-oh-my/22/ Note: This is an update to my original post, which can be seen here: jQuery Tooltips Cody Lindley, author of Thickbox, recently released jTip - The jQuery Tooltip. I really like some of the extra bells and whistles that these tooltips provide. I'm sure that there are those among you that think ... http://15daysofjquery.com/javascript-tooltips-on-steroids/21/ Cody Lindley, author of Thickbox, recently released jTip - The jQuery Tooltip. I really like some of the extra bells and whistles that these tooltips provide. I'm sure that there are those among you that think there's no need for yet another tooltip - but I can see some exciting applications ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-tooltips/20/ A fellow named Klaus has created a nifty little plugin that creates accessible unobtrusive javascript tabs using jQuery. With the correct (x)HTML and CSS you can create tabs as easily as $.tabs("container"); // first tab on by default If you want to have the second tab "on" by default: $.tabs("container", 2); // second ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-tabs/18/ Cody Lindley's first rendition of "Thickbox" was what got me interested in jQuery. He's since done an update on Thickbox to fix some cross browser compatibility issues. A few things to notice $(document).ready kicks off the TB_init() function, which in turn attaches an onClick event to all links with the class name ... http://15daysofjquery.com/jquery-lightbox/19/ Warning - the demos are for this tutorial went a little crazy when I recently made a change to the jquery file. I will be working to bring the demos for this tutorial back online. Until then, don't view the tutorials if you are using IE. Many months ago, ... http://15daysofjquery.com/multiple-file-upload-magic-with-unobtrusive-javascript/17/ I originally saw a version of this concept on Quirksmode and then a more Web 2.0-ish version on the 24 Ways site. I'm going to show you two ways that you could use jQuery to accomplish the same effect, or better. The Goal An AJAX (or AHAH) proof-of-concept page that allows the visitor ... http://15daysofjquery.com/edit-in-place-with-ajax-using-jquery-javascript-library/15/ I'm trying something a little different today. It took me a while to figure out why I couldn't open a free account with YouTube for about 3 weeks but now that it's all straightened out I thought I'd upload a video where I walk you through some of the basic ... http://15daysofjquery.com/quick-and-dirty-ajax/14/ Yesterday at 5:15 PM, I was jones-ing for my quick email fix after being away from the computer for almost 48 hours so I fired up Thunderbird and instantly grabbed a few RSS feeds I subscribe to. (On the weekends I'm swamped with home renovation projects and all my free ... http://15daysofjquery.com/wrap-it-up-pretty-corners/13/ The first time I saw a style sheet switcher I was either reading A List Apart or Simple Bits, both excellent sites you should visit if you are serious about design. Since then, I've seen many different methods for allowing a visitor to switch a stylesheet with a click of a ... http://15daysofjquery.com/style-sheet-switcheroo/12/ Here's a subject that's close to my heart: secure contact forms. As I mentioned in a previous tutorial, one common use of contact forms is to help visitors communicate with you without exposing your email address to the email harvesting software used by spammers. But when it comes to spam, hardly anything's ... http://15daysofjquery.com/safer-contact-forms-without-captchas/11/ The Memorial Day weekend is coming to a close - I've been away from the computer for almost 48 hours (gasp!) and I want to get another jQuery tutorial up and online quickly. I'm dying to do the write up for "Edit In Place the Jquery Way" and "Multiple File Upload ... http://15daysofjquery.com/wrap-it-up-lazy-mans-html-generation-with-jquery/10/ Rule number one when it comes to preventing spam: Don't put a your email address in a mailto: link. To fight the evil Legion of Spammers, web designers and programmers have come up with some creative solutions. Let's take a quick look at the more common workarounds and the drawbacks (minor ... http://15daysofjquery.com/safer-mailto-links/8/ Today's tutorial is a quickie. I want to tackle something easy early on in the "15 Days" so that someone new to javascript can sink their teeth into a real world example without getting bogged down in code. The fact that I find myself desperately short on time today with ... http://15daysofjquery.com/affiliate-link-loveliness/7/ I've prepared a step by step demonstration to take someone else's well written javascript and reduce it down to 5 lines or less. At the same time you'll see how I make it a little more flexible and useful. Take a look at "Stripe your tables the OO way" by Matthew ... http://15daysofjquery.com/table-striping-made-easy/5/ Window.onload() is a workhorse of traditional javascript code. It's been used by coders for years to kick start the client side magic as soon as everything on the page loads up. But sometimes waiting for a page to load just isn't quick enough. A few large image files will quickly reveal that ... http://15daysofjquery.com/quicker/4/ What jQuery is an amazing javascript library that makes it easy to create wonderful web effects in just a few lines of code. As the website says, it makes javascript fun. If you're thinking... "Boy, I need another javascript library like I need another hole in my head" then join the club. ... http://15daysofjquery.com/about-jquery-library/3/