jQuery is an actively-developed JavaScript library with a fairly rapid release cycle. As well as general enhancements, performance tweaks and bug fixes, new methods are frequently added to the library. In this article we’ll take a look at the new methods that have been added to the 1.6+ release and some of the enhancements. Delaying the ready event with the holdReady() method ... The holdReady() method is used to delay the firing of jQuery’s ready event, a cornerstone event which is popularly...
Image slideshows are a dime a dozen on the web. You see them used for advertisements, featured articles, product showcases, and plain old photo reels. Today, we're going to quickly implement a slideshow using the jQuery plugin Cycle by Mike Alsup. Cycle is a great plugin with years of development behind it. We're going to use the Lite version. It lacks some of the features of the full version (like different transitions), but it is super lightweight. While the full version is 49kb, the lite version weighs...
jQuery has quickly become one of the most popular JavaScript libraries out there today. One of the main reasons is because of how efficient it is because when using it, developers are able to write less code. jQuery is also great tool for creating animations and effects for your websites, UI's etc. It gives us the ability to add many of the things we want out of JavaScript without bloated code. Let's look at the anatomy of a basic jQuery statement. First thing we see is a...