jQuery Fundamentals

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1. jQuery Introduction

How jQuery Works First Example

2. JavaScript Basics

Syntax Basics

Reserved Words Operators

Operations on Numbers and Strings Logical Operators

Comparison Operators Conditional Code

Conditional Variable Assignment with

the Ternary Operator

Switch Statements Loops Arrays

Objects

Functions

Testing Type Scope

Closures

3. jQuery Basic Concepts

Basic Flow of a jQuery Application Using $(document)ready() Selecting Elements

Operating on Selections Working with Selections

CSS, Styling, and Dimensions Traversing

Manipulating the DOM

4. jQuery Core

$ vs $()

Utility Methods Checking Types

Storing and Retrieving Data

Related to an Element DOM-Related Utilities

Feature and Browser Detection Avoiding Conflicts with Other

Libraries

5. Events and Event Handlers

Connecting Events to Elements Removing Event Handlers Namespacing Events

Inside the Event Handling

Function

Triggering Event Handlers Increasing Performance with

Event Delegation

Removing Delegated Event

Handlers

Event Helpers

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6. Effects Built-in Effects

Changing the Duration of Built-

in Effects jQuery.fx.speeds

Limitations on Effects

Queuing of Effects with Other

Operations

Callbacks – Doing Something

When an Effect is Done

Running Code When an Effect is

Complete

Custom Effects with $.fn.animate Easing

7. jQuery Mobile jQuery UI

jQuery UI & jQuery Mobile jQuery UI

jQuery Mobile

Managing Effects jQuery.fx.off 7. Ajax

Key Concepts GET vs POST

The Same Origin Policy Data Types

A is for Asynchronous

Same-Origin Policy and JSONP Ajax and Firebug

jQuery’s Ajax-Related Methods $.ajax

Convenience Methods $.fn.load

Ajax and Forms

Working with JSONP Ajax Events

8. Plugins

How to Create a Basic Plugin Testing Our Plugin

Finding and Evaluation Plugins

9. Best Practices

JavaScript Best Practices Namespacing Variables

Cache Frequently Used Values Beware Anonymous Functions jQuery Best Practices Optimize Selectors Use “Safe” Selectors Use Event Delegation

Detach Elements to Work with Them Use Stylesheets for Changing CSS on

Many Elements

Use $.data Instead of $.fn.data Code Organization Key Concepts

Don’t Treat jQuery as a Black Box

10. Custom Events About Custom Events

Recap: $.fn.on, $.fn.trigger, and

$.fn.triggerHandler

Summary