jQuery Web Development and Programming

This short course will teach you everything you need to create dynamic websites using the jQuery JavaScript library. It begins from scratch, demonstrating the process of setting up jQuery on various platforms and the web. First, explore how elements can be selected using multiple properties such as their IDs, attributes, class, contained text and so on. Next, the course illustrates how to use jQuery to retrieve and set element values, attributes, classes and HTML.

The first half of the course concludes by teaching you how to record various mouse and keyboard events and use these detected events to make websites more dynamic. The second half shows using jQuery to retrieve and modify an element’s CSS properties, classes and dimensions. This section also presents how to create and remove HTML elements using jQuery and how to add effects and animate elements on a web page.

The course concludes by examining how to retrieve from and send data to a server using jQuery and use utility functions like the ‘get’, ‘post’, ‘trim’ and ‘extend’ functions. jQuery is a popular JavaScript library revered for its light, fast and yet functional nature. We will provide you with the information you need to use this powerful library. Both new and experienced web developers will find the information contained in this course helpful. So start now and learn to use the powerful jQuery library in only three hours.