Great JQuery Resources, Tutorials, and How-Tos
JQuery has been pretty popular since it was created but a lot of open source frameworks, CMS, and Web Apps are starting to make JQuery their standard library to use and distribute. For example in the last couple of years such huge projects as Drupal, Wordpress, and even CakePHP to some extent have chosen JQuery.
One of the biggest draws to JQuery is the simplicity. Anyone who has some coding under their belt and can use CSS can probably get the job done with JQuery. The other huge draw is that it does a lot with out a lot of huge files. You can see a comparison of speed at http://mootools.net/slickspeed/ make sure to try the test in different browsers to see how it affects the results.
But this post isn’t about why JQuery rocks, it is about some resources for getting started with JQuery. So lets get started listing some stuff.
First off is an ongoing series over at NetTuts. The best part of this link is that these are screencasts so you can follow along or just listen to them.
The next one is an often overlooked resource when trying to learn something and that is the JQuery site and their tutorials.
15 Days of JQuery isn’t the best site and I think it is more of a plug for selling his video but there are a few good lessons over there that are worth seeing.
JQuery for Designers is an odd way of teaching but I can understand how a designer could learn more from seeing these examples than understand what is going. Good to check it out even if you don’t necessarily learn this way.
Finally is a great collection of resources that is much longer and better than mine.
So there is a short list of some information to get you started. If you give JQuery a chance then you will love it, I promise. It makes things easier and your code easier to read for sure. On top of that there are endless amounts of plugins and scripts to use in your project completely free.
