Alex Libby - Mastering jQuery [2015, PDF/EPUB/MOBI, ENG] + Code

Preface
Chapter 1: Installing jQuery
Downloading and installing jQuery
Using other sources to install jQuery
Customizing the downloads of jQuery from Git
Adding source map support
Working with Modernizr as a fallback
Best practices for loading jQuery
Chapter 2: Customizing jQuery
Getting prepared
Patching the library on the run
Replacing or modifying existing behaviors
Creating a basic monkey patch
Considering the benefits of monkey patching
Updating animation support in jQuery
Adding WebP support to jQuery
Considering the pitfalls of monkey patching
Distributing or applying patches
Chapter 3: Organizing Your Code
Introducing design patterns
Defining design patterns
Dissecting the structure of a design pattern
Categorizing patterns
Exploring the use of patterns within the jQuery library
Chapter 4: Working with Forms
Exploring the need for form validation
Creating a basic form
Starting with simple HTML5 validation
Using jQuery to validate our forms
Validating forms using regex statements
Building a simple validation plugin
Developing a plugin architecture for validation
Creating an advanced contact form using AJAX
Developing an advanced file upload form using jQuery
Chapter 5: Integrating AJAX
Revisiting AJAX
Improving the speed of loading data with static sites
Using localStorage to cache AJAX content
Using callbacks to handle multiple AJAX requests
Enhancing your code with jQuery Deferreds and Promises
Working with Deferreds and Promises
Modifying our advance contact form
Detailing AJAX best practices
Chapter 6: Animating in jQuery
Choosing CSS or jQuery
Controlling the jQuery animation queue
Improving jQuery animations
Introducing easing functions
Designing custom animations
Implementing some custom animations
Animating in a responsive website
Handling animation requests on a responsive site
Animating content for mobile devices
Implementing responsive parallax scrolling
Chapter 7: Advanced Event Handling
Introducing event handling
Delegating events
Using the $.proxy function
Creating and decoupling custom event types
Namespacing events
Chapter 8: Using jQuery Effects
Revisiting effects
Creating custom effects
Applying custom easing functions to effects
Adding callbacks to our effects
Controlling content with jQuery's Promises
Creating and managing the effect queue
Chapter 9: Using the Web Performance APIs
An introduction to the Page Visibility API
Supporting the API
Implementing the Page Visibility API
Detecting support for the Page Visibility API
Using the API in a practical context
Introducing the requestAnimationFrame API
Some examples of using requestAnimationFrame
Chapter 10: Manipulating Images
Manipulating colors in images
Adding filters using CSS3
Blending images using CSS3
Applying filters with CamanJS
Creating simple filters manually
Animating images with filters
Creating a signature pad and exporting the image
Capturing and manipulating webcam images
Finishing up
Chapter 11: Authoring Advanced Plugins
Detecting signs of a poorly developed plugin
Introducing design patterns
Designing an advanced plugin
Converting animations to use CSS3 automatically
Extending our plugin
Packaging our plugin using Bower
Automating the provision of documentation
Returning values from our plugin
Exploring best practices and principles
Chapter 12: Using jQuery with the Node-WebKit Project
Setting the scene
Introducing Node-WebKit
Preparing our development environment
Installing and building our first application
Building our simple application
Packaging and deploying your app
Taking things further
Chapter 13: Enhancing Performance in jQuery
Understanding why performance is critical
Monitoring the speed of jQuery using Firebug
Automating performance monitoring
Linting jQuery code automatically
Minifying code using NodeJS
Working out unused JavaScript
Implementing best practices
Staying with the use of jQuery
Chapter 14: Testing jQuery
Revisiting QUnit
Automating tests with QUnit
Exploring best practices when using QUnit
Index