Your opinion on the best jquery book

Question

Hello all,

I'm looking to purchase a jquery book. I'm a strong C# developer whose had experience with dojo. Now, I'm building my own site and am looking to learn a new platform in the process. So, I've chosen jquery.

With dojo, I know how to make my own widgets. I want to learn about ways to plug into jquery to make reusable controls. Also, I plan to make heavy use of json with ajax.

Other things to consider:

• I would call my javascript expertise as intermediate.
• I'd like to find a book that is as up to date with the jquery platform as possible as I know that in a few months it will likely be out of date.

What book or books would you reccomend?

Answer 1

Jquery Cookbook

Chapters

1. jQuery Basics Introduction
2. Selecting Elements with jQuery Introduction
3. Beyond the Basics Introduction
4. jQuery Utilities Introduction
5. Faster, Simpler, More Fun Introduction
6. Dimensions Introduction
7. Effects Introduction
8. Events Introduction
9. Advanced Events Introduction
10. HTML Form Enhancements from Scratch Introduction
11. HTML Form Enhancements with Plugins Introduction
12. jQuery Plugins Introduction
13. Interface Components from Scratch Introduction
14. User Interfaces with jQuery UI Introduction
15. jQuery UI Theming Introduction
16. jQuery, Ajax, Data Formats: HTML, XML, JSON, JSONP Introduction
17. Using jQuery in Large Projects Introduction
18. Unit Testing Introduction

Chapters 12 to 16 are exactly what your looking for I think.

And of course the best book is the internet:

http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials

Answer 2

Nothing taught me faster than just tinkering with the language and using http://api.jquery.com, which is probably one of the best web APIs in existence. You'll find very quickly how naturally the language operates. And it costs nothing. And it's always up to date.

Answer 3

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182630/jquery-tips-and-tricks

Hands down.

Granted, it's not a book, but still...

Answer 4

jQuery in Action, is a good one. The second edition is still being written, but most chapters are already available through the MEAP program. According to the Manning website, it should be published sometime this month.

Answer 5

I really liked "Learning jQuery 1.3 : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques". Even though there is a new release already, I think this is a great beginners guide to the library.

http://www.packtpub.com/learning-jquery-1.3/book/mid/220409c024ep

Lots of hands on stuff... simplified, so easy to follow.

Best

Answer 6

Hey, how about this one - jQuery: Novice to Ninja . It contains a lot of examples and it's easy to read.