Book description
Become an expert in creating real-world Rich Internet Applications using the varied components of jQuery UI
In Detail
With browsers becoming more and more powerful each day, the jQuery UI library provides tools that can be used to create feature rich and interactive applications without bearing the pain of writing numerous lines of JavaScript.
Mastering jQuery UI will help you explore the depths of the jQuery UI library. Right from the first chapter, you will build your own projects while learning the intricacies of the library. Each chapter explores a new topic and covers some related components. By gaining confidence from the initial chapters you will proceed ahead to create complex applications like the Tabbed News reader utilizing the AJAX and Reddit APIs. As a bonus, you will also learn about the best and most proven practices earned through years of diligent work on the jQuery UI platform.
Each chapter is an independent mini project in itself covering different components from jQuery UI. You won't have to wait long to actually build something functional.
What You Will Learn
Create mashups using APIs of popular websites such as Reddit and Google Maps
Integrate AJAX with different components
Create projects that solve real-world problems and are not theoretical
Discover the best usage of components in a given situation
Use effects to make the UI more interactive
Use JSONP to make cross-origin AJAX requests
Get to grips with best practices to use while developing with jQuery UI
Table of contents
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Mastering jQuery UI
- Table of Contents
- Mastering jQuery UI
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Designing a Simple Quiz Application
- 2. Building a Jigsaw Puzzle Game
- 3. Creating a Website Tour
- 4. Creating a Tabbed News Reader
- 5. Implementing CAPTCHA using Draggable and Droppable
- 6. Creating an Event Timeline Using a Slider
- 7. Using jQuery UI with Google Maps API
- 8. Creating a Photo Album Manager
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9. Creating Widgets Using the Widget Factory
- The folder structure
- Creating a widget to search data in a table
- Improving the searchable widget
- Creating a widget to display a slideshow
- Improving the banner widget
- Summary
- 10. Building a Color Picker with Hex RGB Conversion
- 11. Creating a Fully Functional Dashboard
- A. Best Practices for Developing with jQuery UI
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mastering jQuery UI
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2015
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781783286652
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