JQuery
Dev Depot: Create a 3D tilted scroll effect with this jQuery plugin
As the capabilities of today’s digital display devices, mobile and otherwise, continue to evolve, many web designers are seeking to keep pace by introducing new processes, as well as a healthy dose of eye-candy, in order to stay ahead of their many competitors, via offering web weary viewers something new.
Dev Depot: NanoGallery, Next-gen Galleries With a Touch-enabled Jquery Plugin
Offering image gallery creation simplified, NanoGallery is a responsive, lightweight and touch enabled jQuery gallery plugin that pulls its images from remote resources.
Dev Depot: BttrLazy Loading, “Lazy loading” jQuery plugin
According to French front end developer Julien Renaux, nowadays with the device (mobile, tablet, desktop etc.) and connectivity diversity (3G, 4G etc.) confronting coders, serving optimized information to specific environments is paramount, though not easy.
Dev Depot: Wow Slider, Flexible jQuery Powered Slider System
Among the most popular of web design trends over the past few years has been the use of sliding horizontal panels, known as carousels and sliders. These implementations range from simple eye candy to full-blown gallery sites and everything in between; with a wide range of frameworks available to make crafting your own slider easy.
Dev Depot: jQuery Audit, Auditing Conflicts
One of the most popular technologies employed by modern web developers is jQuery, which powers countless sites and mobile applications. As easy as the framework is to use, however, a variety of conflicts and other concerns await even the most careful of coders.
Dev Depot: Unslider, a jQuery slider that “just slides”
When it comes to maximizing the amount of content that can be squeezed into the minimum amount of screen real estate, using a slider script to shuffle through multiple images makes a lot of sense.
Taking a Look at GET, POST Request Methods
When it comes to interacting with web servers, there are a wide range of techniques, each of which is particularly suited for a given application. Two of the most common of these are the GET and POST request methods contained within the web’s HTTP protocol.
Breaking the Speed Limit
Sometimes, it’s only a simple tweak of its scripting that is required to put your site into the fast lane. with this in mind, the following easy-to-use techniques will help speed up the overall loading and execution times of your website’s jQuery code:
Resolving jQuery Coding Conflicts
As amazing a tool for interactive website development and compatible as the jQuery library is with other technologies, there are times when conflicts with different coding types and scripting libraries will occur; creating maddening moments for clueless coders.
Using jQuery to Display XML Feeds
Attractively displaying data feeds on a website is a great use for jQuery, with several techniques available for doing so, both hard coded and via plugins — the choice of which depends upon your specific needs. Here are a couple examples for inspiration:
Move Over: jQuery Reportedly Overtakes Flash
A recent report by jQuery support, training and consulting firm, appendTo, reveals that the percentage of websites using jQuery has surpassed the percentage of websites with Adobe Flash deployed.
JQuery: Tackling Tooltips
The concept of online tooltips is not new; and is evidenced in previous technologies such as the image “alt” tags used within HTML, which display a textual alternative to visual media. Prior generation DHTML solutions were also deployed as a means of not only describing what a page element is, or how to interact with it, but to provide extended content for visitor edification and search engine optimization.
Try Getting Out of a Bind by Going Live
An alternative way to code event handling in jQuery (.live instead of .bind) may offer benefits for certain applications.
JQuery Lets Users Drag, Drop, Sort
One of the most compelling uses for jQuery is its ability to enhance the interactivity of next-gen user interface applications. In this arena, several techniques standout, such as the interactions offered by its Draggable, Droppable and Sortable plugins.
JQuery: Direct Load or CDN?
One of the first questions that jQuery users need to ask is “should I host the core files on my own server, or rely on Google’s content delivery network (CDN) to host jQuery?”
Using jQuery to Enhance Your Website Security
One of the most valuable aspects of the jQuery framework is its flexibility, which even extends into the realm of website security, by enabling and enhancing features such as web form validation, user authentication and more.
jQuery for Mobile Developers
Mobile developers seeking to unleash the full potential of the jQuery framework are a step closer to fulfillment, with the Alpha release of jQuery Mobile (www.jquerymobile.com).
jQuery: Cutting-Edge User Interface Techniques
As jQuery becomes more widespread across a growing range of applications, adult webmasters are increasingly using it to power their websites in new and innovative ways. Although fully customized websites still require the assistance of professional coders to get the most out of what jQuery has to offer, an enormous variety of code snippets and online tutorials make it easy for webmasters to spice up their sites — even without fully grasping the intricacies of the technology.
Mobile Developers Embrace jQuery
The appeal of jQuery to developers is taking a big leap forward with the launch of the jQuery Mobile Project and imminent release of a new tool set.
JQuery Block: Trying Image Manipulation
While jQuery is useful for enhancing user interaction and content display, it also makes things “prettier” when used appropriately.