Books by Jonathan Chaffer

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Learning jQuery, 3rd Edition

An introduction to jQuery that requires minimal programming experience. Detailed solutions to specific client-side problems. Revised and updated version of this popular jQuery book.

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jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide

Explore the impressive jQuery JavaScript library and its capabilities with a real-world example. Investigate jQuery’s plug-in architecture, using a variety of approaches to extend the library’s capabilities. Pull information from the server without refreshing a page using the AJAX capabilities of jQuery. Build a small script that dynamically extracts the headings from an HTML document and assembles them into a table of contents for the page.

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Learning jQuery, 4th Edition

To build interesting, interactive sites, developers are turning to JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to automate common tasks and simplify complicated ones. Because many web developers have more experience with HTML and CSS than with JavaScript, the library’s design lends itself to a quick start for designers with little programming experience. Experienced programmers will also be aided by its conceptual consistency.

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jQuery Reference Guide

“jQuery Reference Guide: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Popular JavaScript Library” is a great book for professional web developers. There are two guys Jonathan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg behind this book. Jonathan Chaffer is the creator of the Content Construction Kit, a popular module for managing structured content on Drupal sites. He is responsible for major overhauls of Drupal’s menu system and developer API reference. Karl Swedberg is a web developer at Structure Interactive in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Karl spends much of his time implementing the design with a focus on web standards, semantic HTML, well-mannered CSS, and unobtrusive JavaScript. In this book, both of these authors share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to bring a comprehensive reference to the popular JavaScript library. This book is for web developers who want a broad, organized view of all the jQuery library has to offer or a quick reference on their desks to refer to for particular details. To take maximum advantage from this book, the reader needs the basics of HTML and CSS and should be comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript, but no knowledge of jQuery is assumed. It is not an academic text but is very practical and applied. You can also Download jQuery in Action PDF Book Free.

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Learning jQuery, Third Edition

The “Learning jQuery, Third Edition” is a good book, filled with full of good examples of how to use jQuery. Jonathan Chaffer is the author of this programming book. Jonathan is the Chief Technology Officer of Structure Interactive, an interactive agency located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also leads on-site training seminars on the jQuery framework for web developers. In this book, Jonathan guides step by step about jQuery. JQuery is a library of JavaScript. The purpose of jQuery is to make it much easier to use JavaScript on their website. Before starting this book, the reader has knowledge about HTML and CSS. If you want to learn jQuery and you have some basic programming experience, then you don’t need to be a JavaScript expert to start this book. Each chapter of this book introduces appropriate descriptions, examples, and exercises. Jonathan Chaffer does not just explain the topic, they build code and show you the results as you progress through each chapter. It is a perfect balance of explanation, demonstration, and relevance. To be honest, after reading this book, you will have the knowledge and skills of how to design a perfect website with jQuery. All in all, Learning jQuery is a step by step guide book for the front-end developers.

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Learning Jquery

The “Learning Jquery: Better Interactive Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques, 1st Edition” is a great starter guide for the newbie to jQuery. Jonathan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg are the authors of this book. Jonathan has been very active in the Drupal CMS project, which has adopted jQuery as its JavaScript framework of choice. In this book, the authors guide the readers on how to use Jquery to build create interactive elements for their designs. With the help of this book, the reader will learn how to create a perfect interface for their web applications. Before starting this book, you will have a little bit of knowledge about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Once you been working with JavaScript, then you will find yourself wishing for an easier way to accomplish numerous tedious tasks. Furthermore, Learning Jquery is very good for books for people who don’t know anything about Jquery, but they want to start using it on their websites. The good thing about this book is that in just a very short time you will really know so much about programming. To sum it up, Learning Jquery is a must-read book for web developers.