jQuery for absolute beginners
September 16, 2009
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I came across some jQuery video tutorials which explain how to use it very clearly from a beginners perspective. The tutorials are split up over around 15 days, so you don’t feel overwhelmed with using jQuery.
A big thanks goes to Jeffrey Way from ThemeForest.net, for creating an excellent set of tutorials.
Below are the links to the individual tutorials:
| jQuery Topic | Snippet | Tutorial-link |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1: Downloading the library | Where to download jQuery from… | Link |
| Day 2: Fade, Slide, and Show Methods | Looks at the “fadeIn”, “slideDown”, and “show” methods, and jQuery’s “css” abilities | Link |
| Day 3: The Animate Method | Learn how to shift any element across the screens | Link |
| Day 4: Advanced Selectors | How to individually select an item and also using X-Path | Link |
| Day 5: Creating and Removing Elements | How to dynamically create and remove elements | Link |
| Day 6: The toggle() and toggleClass() Methods | Turn “off and on” elements or classes | Link |
| Day 7: The hover() Methods | When a user mouses on and off the elements in a wrapped set | Link |
| Day 8: User Request – Image Slides. | Image manipulation | Link |
| Day 9: Resizing Text. | How to resize text every time an associated anchor tag is clicked | Link |
| Day 10: Intro to AJAX: Using the Load Method. | Store information on one page, and then load that specific information from another page | Link |
| Day 11: Fun Image Hovering. | Image pop-up on mouse hover | Link |
| Day 12: Advanced Tooltips: Part 1. | Drawing information from a database to create an advanced tooltip + PHP | Link |
| Day 13: Submitting Information to a Database Asynchronously. | Submit information to a database asynchronously – using PHP and jQuery | Link |
| Day 14: Implementing Your First Plugin | Implement a jQuery plugin into your applications: s3Slider plugin | Link |
| Day 15: Building a jQuery Style-Switcher: Part 1 | Creating a jQuery style-switcher that will allow the user to switch between CSS files | Link |
| Day 15: Building a jQuery Style-Switcher: Part 2 | PHP side of a CSS style-switcher | Link |