jQuery: Novice to Ninja

by Earle Castledine, Craig Sharkie

Novice to Ninja is a compilation of best-practice jQuery solutions to meet the most challenging JavaScript problems. In this question-and-answer book on jQuery, you'll find a cookbook of ready-to-go solutions to help breathe life into your web page.

Topics covered Scrolling, Resizing and Animating Webpage elements- Backgrounds, Slideshows, and Crossfaders- Menus, Tabs, and Panels- Buttons, Fields, and Controls- Lists, Trees, and Tables- Frames, Windows, and Dialogs- Adding interactivity with Ajax- Using the jQuery User Interface Themeroller- Writing your own jQuery plug-ins

All code used to create each solution is available for download and guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Technology, Website Design, Reference, Computer Science, Computers

407 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Anthony Papillion · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book last year when I finally decided to stop fighting progress and learn JQuery. Definitely a good, solid, introduction to the framework and got me up to speed very quickly. I wouldn't say it brought me to 'Ninja' level but it gave me a great JQuery foundation on which to build. Great book for someone with programming experience wanting to upgrade their skills with JQuery.

[Ivan Koma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only for fast introduction to this framework (not recommend for perusal learning). Too old for 2020
JQuery is dying...

[Samar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and easy to understand. Very good for beginner who want to start leaning jQuery.

[Bruce · Rating 3 out of 5]

A guide to JQuery that does quite a bit of handholding. More experienced individuals will most likely skim it for ideas on what JQuery can do then keep it around for those times when you are could use an example or two on how to do something. The client conversation structure was a bit annoying. For me as someone who isn't a designer the book was "meh". A designer might find the pace much more suitable. I'll keep it around as a reference.

[Arun Mahendrakar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been my first introduction to jQuery although I had some experience before. So this book gave me a pretty good overview on jQuery's capabilities. There's no way I can remember all the details given by the author just by one read, so I'm going to use it as a reference guide.

I was expecting a little more work/detail by the author on the chapter which talks about ajax/json calls. But it lays a foundation for the topic for the reader to build upon.

[Davuth · Rating 4 out of 5]

are you new to jQuery? Then this book is strongly recommended. I really enjoyed reading this book. Despite that it's a programming book (which normally people suppose to be boring and geek-liked), the authors are really talent in making the reader enjoy the reading. I find it quite funny and relaxing!

[Jake McCrary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book was a good introduction to jQuery. I found myself skimming at parts simply because I didn't care about some aspects that it was showing. If I had more experiance with web development I probably would have given this book a higher rating.

[Henrik · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a nice book although it's not quite to "ninja" ... more like to "basic level". I got almost everything explained in the book from just skimming through API docs and playing with jQuery for a day. This is probably not for very advanced developers ;-)

[Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great starters book for jQuery. Wish I would have started with this one. It gets your hands dirty and hits the basics without going to deep into jQuery. I would start with this book and follow up with jQuery in action, 2nd edition.

[Tung Dao]

Not that Ninja but still useful.

[Alan]

http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/...

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great info, a little out of date with some of the functions but that is par for the course when it comes to programming books.

[Matteo Tomasulo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Today jQuery is a fundamental part of web development.
I found this book complete, clear and rich of interesting real-world samples.

[Žiga Vukčevič · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice samples of working with jQuery.

[Ezekiel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice reference book for this framework

[Dgg32 · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first ever web design book. Very funny language and it explains everything. A quick dive-in into the hit hot JQuery.

[Sam Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could have been a little more concise - the chatty tone adds nothing but fluff - but altogether a useful quick intro to the jQuery world.

[Jansen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good fast read, but hard to go back through and find the exact examples I was looking for - index and table of contents are not good for later reference.

[Harit Himanshu · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a novice, I was immediately benefited with the clear language and structure of the book, definitely recommended

[Ryan Parman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Already knowing jQuery, this didn't help much. It'd be a good book for beginners, though.

[Serge Boucher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intro.

[Henrique Smoco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bom para quem está começando com jQuery, mas a disposição do conteúdo dificulta a consulta posterior.

[Weslie Leung · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for novice but I wouldn't say it would get you to ninja level.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has some errors, of course. It's 2015!

[Delhi Irc]

DL027803-4 GG7

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good examples for common needs.

[Geeky PBnJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent intro to jQuery and how to execute some popular elements and effects.