Learning jQuery

Even if you’re a new or beginning developer, you probably know that you can easily make links open in new tabs by using the target attribute with your anchor tags. To make a link open in a new tab, all it takes is to make your HTML look like this: <a href="/link/" target="_blank"></a> The target=”_blank” […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if all of our code looked the same and worked the same no matter what browser our users are viewing our projects or web pages on? That’s the dream, right? Unfortunately, cross browser compatibility isn’t something that a site can achieve without adding some extra code. There a few ways that […]

jQuery has 4 event methods that have to do with cursor movement. The methods are .mouseenter(), .mouseleave(), .mouseup() and .mousedown(). All of these methods can be used to trigger events and execute code based on when and where the user’s cursor moves. In terms of syntax, they’re fairly simple and straightforward to use, but they […]

If you ever find yourself needing to know how many child elements an HTML element has, you’re in luck, because there’s a jQuery function for that. There are actually a few different ways you can go about doing this. The first is really simple and straightforward, and will count all the children elements of an […]

HTML tables are the preferred UI option for displaying data. Sorting, paging and searching/filtering are must-have functionalities for any HTML table with extensive data. These functions make HTML tables more user-friendly and efficient for the end user. In some cases one may require drag and drop functionalities for HTML table rows. Unfortunately, implementing drag and […]

If you’ve ever visited a site that’s selling a product that has certain age restrictions (for example, a site selling or representing an alcohol brand might prompt you to verify that you’re over 21 before you’re allowed access to the site), you might have come into contact with an age verification form. It turns out, […]