jQuery: Novice to Ninja will show you how to unleash the amazing power of jQuery. In this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll master all the major tricks and techniques that jQuery offers-within hours.

Combine client-side jQuery with your server-side PHP to make your applications more efficient and exciting for the client. Learn about some of the most popular jQuery plugins and methods. Create powerful and responsive user interfaces for your PHP applications. Complete examples of PHP and jQuery with clear explanations. No JavaScript expertise or jQuery experience required.

Getting started with the jQuery library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; jQuery Cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. You’ll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance user interfaces. The recipes start with the basics and then move into practical use cases with tested solutions to common web development hurdles.

jQuery Mobile makes it easy for developers to add “native” mobile functionality to their sites and applications, delivering seamless experiences to customers using diverse mobile devices, all from a single code base. In this book, leading mobile expert Phil Dutson helps readers master the latest version of jQuery Mobile, even if they have no previous experience. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Dutson guides readers through every step of creating and customizing a mobile website with jQuery Mobile. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that’s come before, teaching jQuery Mobile’s newest features in the context of real solution development.

Native apps have distinct advantages, but the future belongs to mobile web apps that function on a broad range of smartphones and tablets. Get started with jQuery Mobile, the touch-optimized framework for creating apps that look and behave consistently across many devices. This concise book provides HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript code examples, screen shots, and step-by-step guidance to help you build a complete working app with jQuery Mobile.

An introduction to jQuery that requires minimal programming experience. Detailed solutions to specific client-side problems. Revised and updated version of this popular jQuery book.