Learning jQuery

jQuery's built in preventDefault() method is a great way to prevent the default functionality of an element from occurring. It's probably most commonly used to disable links. Maybe you want a certain link only to work under certain conditions (like for example, you only want it clicked if the user is on a desktop sized […]

Many developers like to link to an externally hosted jQuery library, like for example Google's jQuery library (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js), but the problem with linking to an external jQuery library is that they can be a bit unreliable. If for some reason there are any issues with the server, the script may not be able to be […]

Notification bars on top of a page is a feature to display important messages to catch a website visitor’s attention. There are plenty of plugins available to display notification bars, but it’s not advisable to use a jQuery plugins if the same task can be completed via simple jQuery code, as adding a plugin will […]

Sometimes trying to use an extra complicated selector with jQuery can slow your code down a bit. If you're trying to use a selector with multiple classes and IDs, for example, things can get a little slow. A nice jQuery trick to avoid this slowing down of your code is to employ the .find() method […]

jQuery 3.0 is the newest version of jQuery and it’s already out. There are many new features, bug fixes and deprecations of old methods. In this post, find a quick and short summary of some of the newest features and bug fixes. For loop syntax changed jQuery 3.0 introduces new syntax for “for loop”. With […]

We feature a lot of plugins on this site, so chances are if you're looking for a particular type of plugin, you'll be able to find that here. Just in case, the following is some code that will help you convert your jQuery scripts into a plugin that can be used by other developers on […]