1. Introduction to jQuery. 2. Selecting and Filtering. 3. Events. 4. Manipulating Content and Attributes. 5. Arrays and Iteration. 6. CSS. 7. AJAX. 8. Effects. 9. Plugin. 10. Implementing Drag and Drop. 11. Drag and Drop Sorting. 12. Selection by Drawing a Box. 13. Accordion UI. 14. Datepicker. 15. Dialogs. 16. Tabs. Appendix A. Answers to Exercises. Appendix B. Selectors Supported By jQuery. Appendix C. Selecting and Filtering. Appendix D. Events. Appendix E. Manipulating Attributes, Content, and Data Caching. Appendix F. Manipulating Content. Appendix G. AJAX Methods. Appendix H. CSS. Appendix I. Utilities. Appendix J. Draggables and Droppables. Appendix K. Sortables. Appendix L. Selectables. Appendix M. Effects. Appendix N. Accordion. Appendix O. Datepicker. Appendix P. Dialog. Appendix Q. Tabs. Appendix R. Resizables. Appendix S. Sliders.

Beginning JavaScript Development with jQuery presents the world of dynamic web applications to web developers from the standpoint of modern standards. The author shows new JavaScript developers how working with the standard jQuery library will help them to do more with less code and fewer errors. The book's 4-color code syntax highlighting will provide visual reinforcement to all web developers to help them see the various pieces and parts that make up each line and section of the code. The approach of the book is project oriented, assuming some base knowledge in XHTML and CSS. The book uses exercises as mental recaps. Some of the topics covered include: Selecting, Filtering, and Events Manipulating Content and Attributes CSS, Ajax Plugins and Extending jQuery Dragging elements: drag and drop Drag and Drop Sorting UI element selection Resizing and expanding/contracting accordion elements Datepickers and dialogs Sliders Custom Animation and Transitions