JavaScript and jQuery - by Jon Duckett (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Jon Duckett's best-selling, full-color introduction to JavaScript--filled with techniques to make websites more interactive and engaging

Learn JavaScript and jQuery from the author who has inspired hundreds of thousands of beginner-to-intermediate coders. Build upon your HTML and CSS foundation and take the next step in your programming journey with JavaScript. The world runs on JavaScript and the most influential tech companies are looking for new and experienced programmers alike to bring their websites to life. Finding the right resources online can be overwhelming. Take a confident step in the right direction by choosing the simplicity of JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development by veteran web developer and programmer Jon Duckett.

Widely regarded for setting a new standard for those looking to learn and master web development, Jon Duckett has inspired web developers through his inventive teaching format pioneered in his bestselling HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites. He also has helped global brands like Philips, Nike, and Xerox create innovative digital solutions, designing and delivering web and mobile projects with impact and the customer at the forefront.

In JavaScript & jQuery, Duckett shares his real-world insights in his unique and highly visual style:

• Provides an efficient and user-friendly structure that allows readers to progress through the chapters in a self-paced format
• Combines full-color design graphics and engaging photography to explain the topics in an in-depth yet straightforward manner
• Recreates techniques seen on other websites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, Ajax content updates, and much more
• Is perfect for anyone looking to create web applications and games, design mobile apps, or redesign a website using popular web development tools

JavaScript & jQuery is clear and actionable, providing organized instruction in ways that other online courses, tutorials, and books have yet to replicate. For readers seeking a personable yet professional guide to using JavaScript in the real world, this one-of-a-kind guide is for you.

JavaScript & jQuery is also available as part of two hardcover and paperback sets depending on your web design and development needs:

Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery Set
Paperback: 9781118907443
Hardcover: 9781119038634

Front-End Back-End Development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL Set
Paperback: 9781119813095
Hardcover: 9781119813088

From the Back Cover

LEARN HOW TO
Read and write JavaScript
Make your sites more interactive
Use jQuery to simplify your code
Recreate popular web techniques

TECHNIQUES INCLUDE
Slideshows and lightboxes
Improved forms and validation
Using Ajax, APIs, and JSON
Filtering, searching, and sorting

ONLINE SUPPORT
Code samples and practical
exercises available online at:
www.javascriptbook.com
Plus bonus reference materials

Welcome to a nicer way to learn JavaScript & jQuery.

Are you new to JavaScript, or have you added scripts to your web page but want a better idea of how they work? Then this book is for you. We'll not only show you how to read and write JavaScript, but we'll also teach you the basics of computer programming in a simple, visual way. All you need is an understanding of HTML and CSS.

This book will teach you how to make your websites more interactive, engaging, and usable. It does this by combining programming theory with examples that demonstrate how JavaScript and jQuery are used on popular sites. In no time at all you will be able to think and code like a programmer.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING
HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites
www.htmlandcssbook.com

Review Quotes

"Forget dry references and cheesy examples. This beautifully designed visual guide takes you from the basics to sophisticated JavaScript techniques for making websites interactive and engaging in a way that is, in itself, interactive and engaging." (ZDNet, September 2014)

"... inside it's beautifully designed, clearly laid out, and adds plenty of visual examples alongside the instructive text...." (, em>Web User, August 2014)

About the Author

Jon Duckett has been designing and building web sites for over a decade, working with global brands, and has authored and co-authored over a dozen books on web design, programming, usability and accessibility. He has curated conferences about web programming and has been a web strategy consultant, often coding front ends for projects and designing architectures for back end programming.