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Friday, November 02, 2007

Digging into a Promising Book: Learning jQuery

Things have been a little quiet here at SuperGeekery simply because time for writing has been a little hard to find recently. I’m wrapping up one job and getting ready to start another. I have made some time to start reading a book that’s already showing a lot of promise, Learning jQuery that I wanted to mention.

What’s jQuery? It’s a free, open-source JavaScript Library that let’s you do cool animations and Ajax functionality to your web pages. I’ve played with it casually, but haven’t delved deeply into it. The syntax is pretty easy to understand, especially if you’re already using CSS and simple JavaScript. Learning jQuery promises to help take my simple understanding of how to use jQuery up a level or two. What I’ve read so far is impressive. If you’re looking for a good coding book to curl up with as the weather gets colder, check it out.

Posted by John on 11/02 at 06:44 AM
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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Give a DOM about DOM Scripting? Get this book.

Must Read: Dom Scripting

First, my apologies for that corny headline, but it’s for a great book. Last week I finally got around to reading DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model by Jeremy Keith. I bought it quite a while ago and left it sit in my book pile. That’s too bad because I could have used the stuff I learned from the book in making SuperGeekery!

What’s DOM Scripting you ask? Well, DOM stands for the Document Object Model, a standard that web sites are built upon. And, as you might expect, scripting is writing code that works within the DOM. Basically, DOM Scripting lets you write JavaScript that makes cool, interactive web pages.

Jeremy Keith does a wonderful job making a pretty complex topic easily understood and his sample code will probably make its way into many future projects. But beyond giving the reader mere code though, his examples reveal the possibilities of DOM Scripting. This book is probably the best example I’ve ever read of making a complex coding task easy to understand.

Of course, the book has a site that you might want to check out. There is a sample chapter there for you to read. One really cool freebie that shouldn’t be overlooked is the complete reference section of the DOM Scripting book for your iPod. Be sure to check it out.

I’ve also just picked up his follow-up book, Bulletproof Ajax. I’ll let you know how I like it. I’m about 30 pages in right now and it’s living up to my expectations already. 

Posted by John on 03/04 at 05:54 PM
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