Learning jQuery

After posting the last entry on animated scrolling with jQuery 1.2, I realized that I had left out an important piece of code. Actually, I didn’t discover it until someone notified me that another page on the site was broken. Can you spot the problem(s)? [Note: the problem is not in line 3. The syntax […]

A common pattern in jQuery plugin development is the need to undo what the plugin has done. This is usually handled through a method prefixed with “un”. Another common pattern is the use of anonymous functions for event handlers. Unbinding events is easy with jQuery but unbinding a single event handler requires the use of […]

A few weeks ago I wrote about how to use jQuery and a couple modules from the Interface plugin suite to automatically have same-page links scroll to their target location when clicked (Animated Scrolling for Same-Page Links). Well, now that jQuery 1.2 is out, and I’ve successfully upgraded this site to it without a hitch, […]

Beta 2 of the clueTip Plugin for jQuery is out the door and on the server. I’ve made a number of fairly significant changes (for the better, I hope), both to the script and to the CSS. One notable addition is the ability to apply a “jTip” style to the clueTips by changing the CSS, […]

It’s been so long since I last posted a tutorial here that I’m afraid everyone might have forgotten about the place. For the past few months, there has been a little “Page Contents” menu at the top-right corner of some of the pages on this site — actually, any page that has more than one […]

There was a request recently on the jQuery discussion list for an enhancement to Ritesh Agrawal’s Simple Star Rating System to allow for 1/2 star ratings. So I took it upon myself to add the feature. Update I’m not supporting my version of this plugin at this time. I meant it more as a proof […]