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Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
  • Expected developer skills
  • Differences between PHP and JavaScript
  • What is jQuery?
  • Why jQuery?
  • How does jQuery fit in with PHP?
  • How to work with the examples
  • Projects that use PHP and jQuery
    • WordPress
    • RoundCube
    • KFM
    • Drupal
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Quick Tricks
  • Dynamic select boxes
    • Client-side code
      • How it works
    • Server-side code
  • Quick deletes
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Contextual help
  • Inline editing
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Tabs and Accordions
  • Using a jQuery tab plugin
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side considerations
  • Using jQuery accordion plugins
    • Client-side code
  • Server-side management of accordions
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
      • Just the conversion
      • Now show the data with the accordions
  • Server-side management of tabs
    • Server-side code
      • Just the conversion
      • Now show the data with the tabs
  • Using special codes to define tabs
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Loading accordion panels through Ajax
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Loading tab panels through Ajax
    • Client-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Forms and Form Validation
  • Using the jQuery validation plugin
    • Client-side code
  • Setting up jQuery validation from PHP
    • Server-side code (setup)
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Remote validation
    • Server-side code (setup)
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Large select boxes
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Auto-suggestion
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
    • Client-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: File Management
  • Security
  • Choosing a directory
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Creating, renaming, and deleting directories
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Moving directories
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • File uploads
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Renaming, deleting, and moving files
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • File downloads
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Calendars
  • Displaying the calendar
  • Creating an event
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Loading events from the server
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Moving and resizing events
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Editing events
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Deleting events
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Walk-through of the calendar so far
  • Recurring events
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Deleting recurring events
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Image Manipulation
  • Showing the list of images
    • Server-side code
    • Client-side code
  • Selecting an image
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Preparing your PHP
  • Rotating
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Caching or saving the image
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Resizing
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Cropping
    • Client-side code
    • Server side
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Drag and Drop
  • Sorting simple lists
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
    • Client-side code
  • Sorting trees
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Connecting lists
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Data Tables
  • Setting up DataTables
    • Client-side code
  • Getting data from the server
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Caching your database queries
    • Server-side code
  • Pagination through Ajax
    • Client-side code
    • Server-side code
  • Sorting by column
  • Filtering
    • Server-side code
  • Setting a delay on the filter
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: Optimization
  • Optimizing the page load
    • Place scripts at the bottom
    • Aggregate and cache your scripts
    • Output HTML similar to the post-jQuery code
  • Optimizing development and maintenance
    • Writing your own plugins
    • Un-caching your JavaScript
  • Optimizing jQuery
    • Use Google's CDN
    • Caching jQuery objects
    • Use $.load for non-visual code
  • JavaScript optimizations
    • Chaining
    • Speeding up selectors
    • Inject multiple elements at once
    • Using setTimeout
    • Use var for your variables
  • Summary

• Index

Kae Verens

Although jQuery 1.4 was recently released, this book and it’s examples still serve as solid learning tools.

I would recommend this book to every developer who is still wondering which JS framework he should use and to everyone who want to learn how to use Ajax in your application.

Sample chapters

You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.

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