jQuery for Developers

Overview:

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event

handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change

the way that you write JavaScript.

Aspect Training's jQuery for Developers training course teaches JavaScript developers how to make

the most of the jQuery JavaScript library, in a hands-on, instructor-led environment. Through a series

of lectures, demonstrations, and exercises, students attending this course will learn how to perform

AJAX requests using jQuery, leverage the browser event model, manipulate the document object

model, add effects and animations to their web pages, and leverage jQuery plugins.

Prerequisites:

Students attending this course should have experience programming using the JavaScript language.

Course Topics:

Debugging JavaScript

Debugging JavaScript

Common Mistakes

Debugging JavaScript

IE Default Error Dialog

IE Debugging

Script Debugger

Debugging JavaScript

Debugging JavaScript

Introduction to jQuery

jQuery philosophies

Fundamentals of jQuery

Reasons to use (and not use) jQuery

Downloading & Installing jQuery

Understanding the jQuery wrapper & its uses

DOM & CSS manipulation with jQuery

Manipulating CSS with jQuery

CSS selectors and jQuery

Selecting elements with jQuery

Selecting elements by container

Selecting elements by child

Using attribute-based selections

Working with sets of selected elements

Determining set size

Iterating over selected elements

Obtaining subsets of wrapped elements

Leveraging DOM relationships

Manipulating HTML & the DOM using jQuery

Adding/Removing DOM elements

Replacing page content

Relocating DOM/HTML content

Removing and copying DOM elements

Working with form data

Retrieving & manipulating form elements

Retrieving form data

Leveraging the form plugin

Understanding the jQuery event model

Adding (and removing) event handlers to

DOM elements

Triggering event handlers with jQuery

Understanding & controlling event

propagation

Using jQuery animation methods

Using show(), hide(), and toggle()

Managing collapsible lists

Using fade and slide transition effects

Using the animate() wrapper for custom

animations

AJAX applications with jQuery

Replacing XMLHttpRequest with jQuery

methods

Using the jQuery load() function

Making GET and POST requests with jQuery

Using .ajax() for fine-grained control over

AJAX queries

Understanding AJAX global functions

Using other jQuery plugins (Live Query,

Form, UI, and others).