Who this book is written for?
This book is for front-end designers and developers that need to quickly learn how to use the jQuery UI User Interface Library. To get the most out of this book you should have a good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and will need to be comfortable using jQuery, the underlying foundation of jQuery UI.
What you will learn from this book?
- Organize different sections of related content as tabs and accordins and save space on your page
- Display messages, images, and interactive content like forms using the dialog widget
- Use sliders for volume and color control of your applications by dynamically scrolling left and right, displaying different ranges
- Allow your site visitors to select dates from the calendar using date picker widget
- Enrich your interface with auto complete: start typing the first few letters of a name in your address book and the application will do the rest
- Provide a drag-and-drop mechanism to let users directly rearrange elements around the page
- Make a range of elements of a group selectable and take collective actions on them
- Create a page with content boxes on it that can be sorted into various positions to suit the visitors personal preference
- Add flair to your actions with animation effects
About the Author
Dan Wellman lives with his wife and three children in his home town of Southampton on the south coast of England. By day his mild-mannered alter-ego works for a small yet accomplished e-commerce production agency. By night he battles the forces of darkness and fights for truth, justice, and less intrusive JavaScript.
He has been writing computer-related articles, tutorials, and reviews for around five years and is rarely very far from a keyboard of some description. |
