jQuery has become a part of my everyday routine in Web design and development, so when Wiley approached me about writing a book on jQuery, I was thrilled. jQuery has opened up a world of possibility for Web design. Th rough this book, I hope to show others how using jQuery can really speed up your development time and allow you to write interactive components that you thought were impossible without serious programming knowledge.

Think of this book as both an introduction and cookbook of jQuery examples with real-world solutions that you can use in your everyday working environment. Smashing jQuery is divided into four parts, which I detail here.

From the world's most popular resource for web designers and developer's comes the ultimate guide to jQuery

• Begins with an exploration of fundamental jQuery concepts such as Document Object Model (DOM) scripting
• Explores writing "Don't Repeat Yoursefl" (DRY) to gain a comprehensive understanding of these imperative modern techniques and best practices
• Shows how jQuery enables the user to adhere to these modern best practices with ease
• The succeeding chapters discuss a specific part of jQuery development such as manipulating the DOM, working with Ajax, and adding slick animation effects through tutorial style learning approach that utilizes working examples to explore the concept
• The books caps off by discussing popular ways of extending the core jQuery library with pugins and building web interfaces using jQuery UI