jQuery and JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Learn jQuery and JavaScript in 24 one-hour lessons

Sams Teach Yourself jQuery and JavaScript in 24 Hours helps you build dynamic single-page web apps that deliver the rich experiences your users want.
This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to create effects, animations, lists, complex forms, and more. In just a few hours, you’ll be building great user interfaces for any device, even the newest smartphones and tablets. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success. Learn how to… Contents at a Glance
PART Introduction to jQuery and JavaScript Development HOUR 1: Intro to Dynamic Web Programming HOUR 2: Debugging jQuery and JavaScript Web Pages
HOUR 3: Understanding Dynamic Web Page Anatomy HOUR 4: Adding CSS/CSS3 Styles to Allow Dynamic Design and Layout HOUR 5: Jumping into jQuery and JavaScript Syntax
HOUR 6: Understanding and Using JavaScript Objects

PART Implementing jQuery and JavaScript in Web Pages HOUR 7: Accessing DOM Elements Using JavaScript and jQuery Objects HOUR 8: Navigating and Manipulating jQuery Objects and DOM Elements with jQuery
HOUR 9: Applying Events for Richly Interactive Web Pages
HOUR 10: Dynamically Accessing and Manipulating Web Pages
HOUR 11: Accessing Data Outside the Web Page
PART Building Richly Interactive Web Pages HOUR 12: Enhancing User Interaction Through Animation and Other Special Effects HOUR 13: Interacting with Web Forms HOUR 14: Creating Advanced Web Page Elements

PART Advanced Concepts HOUR 15: Accessing Server-Side Data via AJAX HOUR 16: Interacting with External Services, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Flickr
PART jQuery UI HOUR 17: Introducing jQuery UI HOUR 18: Using jQuery UI Effects
HOUR 19: Advanced Interactions Using jQuery UI Interaction Widgets HOUR 20: Using jQuery UI Widgets to Add Rich Interactions to Web Pages
PART jQuery Mobile HOUR 21: Introducing Mobile Website Development HOUR 22: Implementing Mobile Web Pages HOUR 23: Formatting Content in Mobile Pages HOUR 24: Implementing Mobile Form Elements and Controls