Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz, and Aurelio De Rosa - jQuery in Action, Third Edition [2015, PDF, ENG]

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FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
AUTHOR ONLINE
ABOUT THE COVER ILLUSTRATION
PART 1: STARTING WITH JQUERY
1. INTRODUCING JQUERY
1.1. Write less, do more
1.2. Unobtrusive JavaScript
1.2.1. Separating behavior from structure
1.2.2. Segregating the script
1.3. Installing jQuery
1.3.1. Choosing the right version
1.3.2. Improving performances using a CDN
1.4. How jQuery is structured
1.4.1. Save space creating your own custom build
1.5. jQuery fundamentals
1.5.1. Properties, utilities, and methods
1.5.2. The jQuery object
1.5.3. The document ready handler
1.6. Summary
PART 2: CORE JQUERY
2. SELECTING ELEMENTS
2.1. Selecting elements for manipulation
2.2. Basic selectors
2.2.1. The All (or Universal) selector
2.2.2. The ID selector
2.2.3. The Class selector
2.2.4. The Element selector
2.3. Retrieving elements by their hierarchy
2.4. Selecting elements using attributes
2.5. Introducing filters
2.5.1. Position filters
2.5.2. Child filters
2.5.3. Form filters
2.5.4. Content filters
2.5.5. Other filters
2.5.6. How to create custom filters
2.6. Enhancing performances using context
2.7. Testing your skills with some exercises
2.7.1. Exercises
2.7.2. Solutions
2.8. Summary
3. OPERATING ON A JQUERY COLLECTION
3.1. Generating new HTML
3.2. Managing the jQuery collection
3.2.1. Determining the size of a set
3.2.2. Obtaining elements from a set
3.2.3. Getting sets using relationships
3.2.4. Slicing and dicing a set
3.2.5. Even more ways to use a set
3.3. Summary
4. WORKING WITH PROPERTIES, ATTRIBUTES, AND DATA
4.1. Defining element properties and attributes
4.2. Working with attributes
4.2.1. Fetching attribute values
4.2.2. Setting attribute values
4.2.3. Removing attributes
4.2.4. Fun with attributes
4.3. Manipulating element properties
4.4. Storing custom data on elements
4.5. Summary
5. BRINGING PAGES TO LIFE WITH JQUERY
5.1. Changing element styling
5.1.1. Adding and removing class names
5.1.2. Getting and setting styles
5.2. Setting element content
5.2.1. Replacing HTML or text content
5.2.2. Moving elements
5.2.3. Wrapping and unwrapping elements
5.2.4. Removing elements
5.2.5. Cloning elements
5.2.6. Replacing elements
5.3. Dealing with form element values
5.4. Summary
6. EVENTS ARE WHERE IT HAPPENS!
6.1. Understanding the browser event models
6.1.1. The DOM Level 0 Event Model
6.1.2. The DOM Level 2 Event Model
6.1.3. The Internet Explorer Model
6.2. The jQuery Event Model
6.2.1. Attaching event handlers with jQuery
6.2.2. Removing event handlers
6.2.3. Inspecting the Event instance
6.2.4. Triggering event handlers
6.2.5. Shortcut methods
6.2.6. How to create custom events
6.2.7. Namespacing events
6.3. Summary
7. DEMO: DVD DISCS LOCATOR
7.1. Putting events (and more) to work
7.1.1. Filtering large data sets
7.1.2. Element creation by template replication
7.1.3. Setting up the mainline markup
7.1.4. Adding new filters
7.1.5. Adding the controls templates
7.1.6. Removing unwanted filters and other tasks
7.1.7. Showing the results
7.1.8. There’s always room for improvement
7.2. Summary
8. ENERGIZING PAGES WITH ANIMATIONS AND EFFECTS
8.1. Showing and hiding elements
8.1.1. Implementing a collapsible "module"
8.1.2. Toggling the display state of elements
8.2. Animating the display state of elements
8.2.1. Showing and hiding elements gradually
8.2.2. Introducing the jQuery Effects Lab Page
8.2.3. Fading elements into and out of existence
8.2.4. Sliding elements up and down
8.2.5. Stopping animations
8.3. Adding more easing functions to jQuery
8.4. Creating custom animations
8.4.1. A custom scale animation
8.4.2. A custom drop animation
8.4.3. A custom puff animation
8.5. Animations and queuing
8.5.1. Simultaneous animations
8.5.2. Queuing functions for execution
8.5.3. Inserting functions into the effects queue
8.6. Summary
9. BEYOND THE DOM WITH JQUERY UTILITY FUNCTIONS
9.1. Using the jQuery properties
9.1.1. Disabling animations
9.1.2. Changing the animations rate
9.1.3. The $.support property
9.2. Using other libraries with jQuery
9.3. Manipulating JavaScript objects and collections
9.3.1. Trimming strings
9.3.2. Iterating through properties and collections
9.3.3. Filtering arrays
9.3.4. Translating arrays
9.3.5. More fun with JavaScript arrays
9.3.6. Extending objects
9.3.7. Serializing parameter values
9.3.8. Testing objects
9.3.9. Parsing functions
9.4. Miscellaneous utility functions
9.4.1. Doing nothing
9.4.2. Testing for containment
9.4.3. Prebinding function contexts
9.4.4. Evaluating expressions
9.4.5. Throwing exceptions
9.5. Summary
10. TALK TO THE SERVER WITH AJAX
10.1. Brushing up on Ajax
10.1.1. Creating an XHR instance
10.1.2. Initiating the request
10.1.3. Keeping track of progress
10.1.4. Getting the response
10.2. Loading content into elements
10.2.1. Loading content with jQuery
10.2.2. Loading dynamic HTML fragments
10.3. Making GET and POST requests
10.3.1. Getting data with GET
10.3.2. Getting JSON data
10.3.3. Dynamically loading script
10.3.4. Making POST requests
10.3.5. Implementing cascading dropdowns
10.4. Taking full control of an Ajax request
10.4.1. Making Ajax requests with all the trimmings
10.4.2. Setting request defaults
10.4.3. Handling Ajax events
10.4.4. Advanced Ajax utility functions
10.5. Summary
11. DEMO: AN AJAX-POWERED CONTACT FORM
11.1. The features of the project
11.2. Creating the markup
11.3. Implementing the PHP backend
11.4. Field validation using Ajax
11.5. Even more fun with Ajax
11.5.1. Hiding the dialog box
11.6. Improving the user experience using effects
11.6.1. Toggling the effects
11.7. A note on accessibility
11.8. Summary
PART 3: ADVANCED TOPICS
12. WHEN JQUERY IS NOT ENOUGH…PLUGINS TO THE RESCUE!
12.1. Why extend jQuery?
12.2. Where to find plugins
12.2.1. How to use a (well-written) plugin
12.2.2. Great plugins for your projects
12.3. The jQuery plugin authoring guidelines
12.3.1. File- and function-naming conventions
12.3.2. Beware the $
12.3.3. Taming complex parameter lists
12.3.4. Keep one namespace
12.3.5. Namespacing events and data
12.3.6. Maintaining chainability
12.3.7. Provide public access to default settings
12.4. Demo: creating a slideshow as a jQuery plugin
12.4.1. Setting up the markup
12.4.2. Developing Jqia Photomatic
12.5. Writing custom utility functions
12.5.1. Writing a date formatter
12.6. Summary
13. AVOIDING THE CALLBACK HELL WITH DEFERRED
13.1. Introduction to promises
13.2. The Deferred and Promise objects
13.3. The Deferred methods
13.3.1. Resolving or rejecting a Deferred
13.3.2. Execute functions upon resolution or rejection
13.3.3. The when() method
13.3.4. Notifying about the progress of a Deferred
13.3.5. Follow the progress
13.3.6. Using the Promise object
13.3.7. Take it short with then()
13.3.8. Always execute a handler
13.3.9. Determine the state of a Deferred
13.4. Promisifying all the things
13.5. Summary
14. UNIT TESTING WITH QUNIT
14.1. Why testing is important?
14.1.1. Why unit testing?
14.1.2. Frameworks for unit testing JavaScript
14.2. Getting started with QUnit
14.3. Creating tests for synchronous code
14.4. Testing your code using assertions
14.4.1. equal(), strictEqual(), notEqual(), and notStrictEqual()
14.4.2. The other assertion methods
14.4.3. The throws() assertion method
14.5. How to test asynchronous tasks
14.6. noglobals and notrycatch
14.7. Group your tests in modules
14.8. Configuring QUnit
14.9. An example of test suite
14.10. Summary
15. HOW JQUERY FITS INTO LARGE PROJECTS
15.1. Improving the performance of your selectors
15.1.1. Avoiding the Universal selector
15.1.2. Improving the Class selector
15.1.3. Don’t abuse the context parameter
15.1.4. Optimizing filters
15.1.5. Don’t overspecify selectors
15.2. Organizing your code into modules
15.2.1. The object literals pattern
15.2.2. The Module pattern
15.3. Loading modules with RequireJS
15.3.1. Getting started with RequireJS
15.3.2. Using RequireJS with jQuery
15.4. Managing dependencies with Bower
15.4.1. Getting started with Bower
15.4.2. Searching a package
15.4.3. Installing, updating, and deleting packages
15.5. Creating single-page applications with Backbone.js
15.5.1. Why use an MV* framework?
15.5.2. Starting with Backbone.js
15.5.3. Creating a Todos manager application using Backbone.js
15.6. Summary
15.7. The end
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: JAVASCRIPT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BUT MIGHT NOT!