Beginning jQuery 2 for ASP.NET Developers

jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today, appearing on nearly two thirds of the 10,000 most visited sites on the web. With this sort of popularity, its clear that ASP.NET developers cant afford to miss out. By combining jQuery with ASP.NET you get the best of both worlds: the client-side interactivity and responsiveness of JavaScript with the robustness and extensibility of Microsoft's web stack. Beginning jQuery 2 for ASP.NET Developers shows you how. To begin with, you'll find out how jQuery hooks up with your ASP.NET controls, and simplifies event handling by keeping it in the browser. Then you'll learn to handle dynamic content and responsive layouts by interacting with the DOM. Effects and animations are one of the most popular uses of the jQuery library, so we cover that nextshowing you how to get a sleek modern look and feel to your site using some of the vast library of JavaScript that's already out there waiting to be used. Ajax is one of the areas where jQuery really shines, so you'll find out how to make Ajax calls to a web service and get data onto a page without waiting for slow ASP.NET postbacks every time. And no book on jQuery would be complete without jQuery Mobile: the popular mobile web framework that gets you writing sites that work across all the major mobile platforms.

Teaches web developers how to effectively use jQuery in their ASP.NET web sites. Fully up-to-date coverage of the latest jQuery and ASP.NET releases and Visual Studio support. With knowledge and experience of jQuery, readers will be benefited immensely in their careers as web developers.

Autorentext
Bipin Joshi is an independent blogger and author who writes about apparently unrelated topics technology and yoga. A former software consultant and trainer by profession, Bipin has been programming since 1995 and has worked with the .NET framework since its inception. He is a published author and has authored or co-authored more than a half dozen books and numerous articles on .NET technologies. Bipin was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) during his tenure as a software consultant and trainer. He can be reached at www.bipinjoshi.com.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. The JavaScript You Need to Know Chapter 2. A First Look at jQuery Chapter 3. ASP.NET Controls and jQuery Selectors Chapter 4. How jQuery Simplifies Event HandlingChapter 5. The DOM and Dynamic ContentChapter 6. More DOM and Useful jQuery MethodsChapter 7. Great-looking ASP.NET Pages with jQuery Effects and AnimationsChapter 8. Making Ajax Calls to .NET Web ServicesChapter 9. Creating and Using jQuery Plug-ins Chapter 10. jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile Chapter 11. Useful jQuery and ASP.NET Recipes Appendix: Learning Resources