Loews Portofino Hotel @ Universal Orlando
5601 Universal Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32819
Map »

Download PDF

jQuery

jQuery is one of the most popular and easy to use JavaScript frameworks. jQuery is an open source library that simplifies DOM manipulation, event handling, Ajax, and animation. The jQuery core is lean and light, while having the power and extensibility to support a rich plugin ecosystem. It also sports a concise and elegant API that is a joy to behold and use.

This session introduces jQuery and demonstrates basic and advanced use. Topics include: * Basics: DOM Manipulation, events, Ajax, animation * Advanced: jQuery plugin architecure. Writing your own jQuery plugin. Creating an Ajax app using jQuery and progressive enhancement.

About Richard Worth

Richard D. Worth is a UI developer in the Washington, DC area. He is one of the lead developers of jQuery UI, a component framework built on top of jQuery, designed to make Rich Internet Applications as simple as jQuery has made Ajax. Richard is also a co-author of the upcoming book 'jQuery Cookbook'.

More About Richard »

Featured Sessions

CSS for Developers

by Molly Holzschlag
While CSS might be the Web's Lingua Franca of presentation and design, it's the Front End Developer who finds that he or she has to optimize CSS docum

HTML5 Killed XHTML2 (and the Mysterious Future of Markup)

by Molly Holzschlag
It's late 2009. A deep silence runs through the hallowed halls of the W3C. I slip into a stairwell and watch through the window as the well-formed cor

Web Standards for Web Applications: Half Day Seminar

by Molly Holzschlag
For many years the web standards movement focused its energies on best practices for web sites. Few of us, if any, could have foreseen the rapid emerg

Designing for Interesting Moments

by Bill Scott
Did you know that there are at least 16 different moments of interaction during drag and drop? And that there are at least a half-dozen elements on th

Web 2.0 Checklist: Deconstructing Modern Websites

by Scott Davis
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned." (Antonio Gramsci) There are plenty of sarcastic "Web 2.

GWT fu, Part 2

by David Geary
Learn to do amazing stuff with GWT.

An Introduction to MooTools 2.0

by Aaron Newton
MooTools is a fully featured JavaScript Development Framework. This session is a high-level introduction for users who are curious about the framework

Programming to Patterns

by Aaron Newton and Dylan Schiemann
The JavaScript frameworks make it increasingly easy to write highly expressive and concise functionality that enhances an HTML component, but the powe

Building SOFEA Applications with Grails and GWT

by Matt Raible
In early 2009, Matt participated in a major enhancement of a high-traffic well-known internet site. The company wanted to quickly re-architect their s

The Present and Future of Web App Design

by Torrey Rice
The sudden rise of Ajax kicked off the Web 2.0 revolution, catching a lot of people by surprise and leaving companies scrambling to catch up. Designer

Large-Scale Ajax Application Architectures

by Dylan Schiemann
When your web application goes beyond the simple inclusion of a few lines of script and becomes a full-fledged application, there are a variety of str

Featured Speakers

Brian Sletten

Forward Leaning Software Engineer

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. He has a background as a system architect, a developer, a mentor and a trainer. His experience has spanned the online games, defense, finance and commercial domains with security consulting, network matrix switch controls, 3D simulation/visualization, Grid Computing, P2P and Semantic Web-based systems. He has a B... More »

Aaron Newton

Contributor - MooTools JavaScript Framework

Aaron Newton is a product manager, developer, interface designer, and writer. He is a contributor to the MooTools Javascript framework - where he writes code, the documentation, free online tutorials and the first Mootools book published by Apress. His experience includes founding music startup, Epitonic.com, launching CNET's Download.com Music, and several years product managing application development for various p.. More »

Matt Raible

Sr. UI Architect and Creator of AppFuse

Matt Raible has been building web applications for most of his adult life. He started tinkering with the web before Netscape 1.0 was even released. For the last 13 years, Matt has helped companies adopt open source technologies (Spring, Hibernate, Apache, Struts, Tapestry, Grails) and use them effectively. Matt has been a speaker at many conferences worldwide, including ApacheCon, JavaZone, Colorado .. More »

Shashank Tiwari

Managing Partner & CTO at Treasury of Ideas

Shashank Tiwari is a Managing Partner & CTO at Treasury of Ideas(http://www.treasuryofideas.com), a technology driven innovation and value optimization company. As an experienced software developer and architect, he is adept in a multitude of technologies. He is an internationally recognized speaker, author and mentor. As an expert group member on a number of JCP (Java Community Process) specifications he has been ac.. More »

David Geary

Author of Graphic Java, co-author of Core JSF, member of the JSF Expert Group

David Geary is the president of Clarity Training, Inc. (corewebdevelopment.com), where he teaches developers to implement web applications using JavaServer Faces (JSF) and the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). A prominent author, speaker, and consultant, David holds a unique qualification as a Java expert: He wrote the best-selling books on both Java component frameworks: Swing and JavaServer Faces. David's Graphic Java S.. More »

Blogs

Location

Loews Portofino Hotel @ Universal Orlando
5601 Universal Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32819
View Map

Stay Informed

Not ready to register yet? Enter your email here to receive update notifications about this event.

Name:
Email: