作为JavaScript新手和行家的理想选择，《jQuerly Cookbook》从基础知识开始，然后转向实际用例，包括经验证的解决方案和常见的Web开发障碍。你还能看到高级议题相关章节，如将jQuery应用到大型项目中去的方法等。

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作为JavaScript新手和行家的理想选择，《jQuerly Cookbook》从基础知识开始，然后转向实际用例，包括经验证的解决方案和常见的Web开发障碍。你还能看到高级议题相关章节，如将jQuery应用到大型项目中去的方法等。

Foreword

Contributors

Preface

1. jO.uery Basics

 1.1 Including the jQuery Library Code in an HTML Page

 1.2 Executing jQuery/JavaScript Coded After the DOM Has Loaded but Before Complete Page Load

 1.3 Selecting DOM Elements Using Selectors and the jQuery Function

 1.4 Selecting DOM Elements Within a Specified Context

 1.5 Filtering a Wrapper Set of DOM Elements

 1.6 Finding Descendant Elements Within the Currently Selected Wrapper Set

 1.7 Returning to the Prior Selection Before a Destructive Change

 1.8 Including the Previous Selection with the Current Selection

 1.9 Traversing the DOM Based on Your Current Context to Acquire a New Set of DOM Elements

 1.10 Creating, Operating on, and Inserting DOM Elements

 1.11 Removing DOM Elements

 1.12 Replacing DOM Elements

 1.13 Cloning DOM Elements

 1.14 Getting, Setting, and Removing DOM Element Attributes

 1.15 Getting and Setting HTML Content

 1.16 Getting and Setting Text Content

 1.17 Using the $ Alias Without Creating Global Conflicts

2. Selecting Elements withjQuery

 2.1 Selecting Child Elements Only

 2.2 Selecting Specific Siblings

 2.3 Selecting Elements by Index Order

 2.4 Selecting Elements That Are Currently Animating

 2.5 Selecting Elements Based on What They Contain

 2.6 Selecting Elements by What They Don't Match

 2.7 Selecting Elements Based on Their Visibility

 2.8 Selecting Elements Based on Attributes

 2.9 Selecting Form Elements by Type

 2.10 Selecting an Element with Specific Characteristics

 2.11 Using the Context Parameter

 2.12 Creating a Custom Filter Selector

3. Beyond the Basics

 3.1 Looping Through a Set of Selected Results

 3.2 Reducing the Selection Set to a Specified Item

 3.3 Convert a Selected jQuery Object into a Raw DOM Object

 3.4 Getting the Index of an Item in a Selection

 3.5 Making a Unique Array of Values from an Existing Array

 3.6 Performing an Action on a Subset of the Selected Set

 3.7 Configuring jQuery Not to Conflict with Other Libraries

 3.8 Adding Functionality with Plugins

 3.9 Determining the Exact Query That Was Used

4. jQue~/Utilities

 4.1 Detecting Features with jQuery.support

 4.2 Iterating Over Arrays and Objects with jQuery.each

 4.3 Filtering Arrays with jQuery.grep

 4.4 Iterating and Modifying Array Entries with jQuery.map

 4.5 Combining Two Arrays with jQuery.merge

 4.6 Filtering Out Duplicate Array Entries with j Query.unique

 4.7 Testing Callback Functions with jQuery.isFunction

 4.8 Removing Whitespace from Strings or Form Values with jQuery.trim

 4.9 Attaching Objects and Data to DOM with jQuery.data

 4.10 Extending Objects with jQuery.extend

5. Faster, Simpler, More Fun

 5.1 That's Not jQuery, It's JavaScript!

 5.2 What's Wrong with $(this)?

 5.3 Removing Redundant Repetition

 5.4 Formatting Your jQuery Chains

 5.5 Borrowing Code from Other Libraries

 5.6 Writing a Custom Iterator

 5.7 Toggling an Attribute

 5.8 Finding the Bottlenecks

 5.9 Caching Your jQuery Objects

 5.10 Writing Faster Selectors

 5.11 Loading Tables Faster

 5.12 Coding Bare-Metal Loops

 5.13' Reducing Name Lookups

 5.14 Updating the DOM Faster with .innerHTML

 5.15 Debugging? Break Those Chains

 5.16 Is It a jQuery Bug?

 5.17 Tracing into jQuery

 5.18 Making Fewer Server Requests

 5.19 Writing Unobtrusive JavaScript

 5.20 Using jQuery for Progressive Enhancement

 5.21 Making Your Pages Accessible

6. Dimensions

 6.1 Finding the Dimensions of the Window and Document

 6.2 Finding the Dimensions of an Element

 6.3 Finding the Offset of an Element

 6.4 Scrolling an Element into View

 6.5 Determining Whether an Element Is Within the Viewport

 6.6 Centering an Element Within the Viewport

 6.7 Absolutely Positioning an Element at Its Current Position

 6.8 Positioning an Element Relative to Another Element

 6.9 Switching Stylesheets Based on Browser Width

7. Effects

 7.1 Sliding and Fading Elements in and out of View

 7.2 Making Elements Visible by Sliding Them Up

 7.3 Creating a Horizontal Accordion

 7.4 Simultaneously Sliding and Fading Elements

 7.5 Applying Sequential Effects

 7.6 Determining Whether Elements Are Currently Being Animated

 7.7 Stopping and Resetting Animations

 7.8 Using Custom Easing Methods for Effects

 7.9 Disabling All Effects

 7.10 Using jQuery UI for Advanced Effects

8. Events

 8.1 Attaching a Handler to Many Events

 8.2 Reusing a Handler Function with Different Data

 8.3 Removing a Whole Set of Event Handlers

 8.4 Triggering Specific Event Handlers

 8.5 Passing Dynamic Data to Event Handlers

 8.6 Accessing an Element ASAP (Before document.ready)

 8.7 Stopping the Handler Execution Loop

 8.8 Getting the Correct Element When Using event.target

 8.9 Avoid Multiple hover() Animations in Parallel

 8.10 Making Event Handlers Work for Newly Added Elements

9. Advanced Events

 9.1 Getting jQuery to Work When Loaded Dynamically

 9.2 Speeding Up Global Event Triggering

 9.3 Creating Your Own Events

 9.4 Letting Event Handlers Provide Needed Data

 9.5 Creating Event-Driven Plugins

 9.6 Getting Notified When jQuery Methods Are Called

 9.7 Using Objects' Methods as Event Listeners

10. HTMI. Form Enhancements from Scratch

 10.1 Focusing a Text Input on Page Load

 10.2 Disabling and Enabling Form Elements

 10.3 Selecting Radio Buttons Automatically

 10.4 (De)selecting All Checkboxes Using Dedicated Links

 10.5 (De)selecting All Checkboxes Using a Single Toggle

 10.6 Adding and Removing Select Options

 10.7 Autotabbing Based on Character Count

 10.8 Displaying Remaining Character Count

 10.9 Constraining Text Input to Specific Characters

 10.10 Submitting a Form Using Ajax

 10.11 Validating Forms

11. HTML Form Enhancements with Plugins

 11.1 Validating Forms

 11.2 Creating Masked Input Fields

 11.3 Autocompleting Text Fields

 11.4 Selecting a Range of Values

 11.5 Entering a Range-Constrained Value

 11.6 Uploading Files in the Background.

 11.7 Limiting the Length of Text Inputs

 11.8 Displaying Labels Above Input Fields

 11.9 Growing an Input with Its Content

 11.10 Choosing a Date

12. jQuery Plugins

 12.1 Where Do You Find jQuery Plugins?

 12.2 When Should You Write a jQuery Plugin?

 12.3 Writing Your First jQuery Plugin

 12.4 Passing Options into Your Plugin

 12.5 Using the $ Shortcut in Your Plugin

 12.6 Including Private Functions in Your Plugin

 12.7 Supporting the Metadata Plugin

 12.8 Adding a Static Function to Your Plugin

 12.9 Unit Testing Your Plugin with QUnit

13. Interface Components from Scratch

 13.1 Creating Custom Tool Tips

 13.2 Navigating with a File-Tree Expander

 13.3 Expanding an Accordion

 13.4 Tabbing Through a Document

 13.5 Displaying a Simple Modal Window

 13.6 Building Drop-Down Menus

 13.7 Cross-Fading Rotating Images

 13.8 Sliding Panels

14. UserlnterfaceswithjQueryOl

 14.1 Including the Entire jQuery UI Suite

 14.2 Including an Individual jQuery UI Plugin or Two

 14.3 Initializing a jQuery UI Plugin with Default Options

 14.4 Initializing a jQuery UI Plugin with Custom Options

 14.5 Creating Your Very Own jQuery UI Plugin Defaults

 14.6 Getting and Setting jQuery UI Plugin Options

 14.7 Calling jQuery UI Plugin Methods

 14.8 Handling jQuery UI Plugin Events

 14.9 Destroying a jQuery UI Plugin

 14.10 Creating a jQuery UI Music Player

15. jQuery UI Iheming ...

 15.1 Styling jQuery UI Widgets with ThemeRoller

 15.2 Overriding jQuery UI Layout and Theme Styles

 15.3 Applying a Theme to Non-jQuery UI Components

 15.4 Referencing Multiple Themes on a Single Page

 15.5 Appendix: Additional CSS Resources

16. jQuery, Ajax, Data Formats: HTML, XMI., JSON, JSONP

 16.1 jQuery and Ajax

 16.2 Using Ajax on Your Whole Site

 16.3 Using Simple Ajax with User Feedback

 16.4 Using Ajax Shortcuts and Data Types

 16.5 Using HTML Fragments and jQuery

 16.6 Converting XML to DOM

 16.7 Creating JSON

 16.8 Parsing JSON

 16.9 Using jQuery and JSONP

17. Using jQuery in Large Projects

 17.1 A Using Client-Side Storage

 17.2 Saving Application State for a Single Session

 17.3 Saving Application State Between Sessions

 17.4 Using a JavaScript Template Engine

 17.5 Queuing Ajax Requests

 17.6 Dealing with Ajax and the Back Button

 17.7 Putting JavaScript at the End of a Page

18. Unit Testing

 18.1 Automating Unit Testing

 18.2 Asserting Results

 18.3 Testing Synchronous Callbacks

 18.4 Testing Asynchronous Callbacks

 18.5 Testing User Actions

 18.6 Keeping Tests Atomic

 18.7 Grouping Tests

 18.8 Selecting Tests to Run

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