3 Days Online
10 AM - 5 PM EDT
Instructor: Mary Gillen or Eric Ladd
Tuition: $1185 per person

Register:
October 19-21, 2011

DOM Scripting & Ajax Using jQuery teaches attendees to tap into the power of the freely-available jQuery library to simplify nearly any client-side scripting task. Attendees will learn how to write jQuery selectors to round up sets of DOM elements, how to use jQuery's many wrapped set methods to manipulate DOM elements, how to use the jQuery event model to set up event listeners and callback functions, and how to manage Ajax requests with jQuery.

Course Prerequisites

To gain the most from the class, you should:

• Be comfortable with basic JavaScript and the basics of the core jQuery library.

Software Needed on Each Student Computer

• Internet Explorer 6 or higher
• Firefox 2 or higher with the Firebug plugin installed
• Web page or text editor students will be using after the class

Course Objectives

• Incorporate the most recent version of jQuery into Web pages.
• Use jQuery in conjunction with other JavaScript libraries.
• Perform DOM manipulations using jQuery selectors and wrapped set methods.
• Initiate Ajax requests with jQuery and how to handle responses in plain text, HTML and XML formats.

Course Outline

1) Getting Started with jQuery

• Downloading the Most Recent Version of jQuery
• Using jQuery with Other Libraries
• Starting Processing When the DOM Tree is Ready
• jQuery Utility Functions

2) Forming Wrapped Sets with jQuery Selectors

• CSS Selectors
• Hierarchical Selectors
• Basic Filters
• Content Filters
• Visibility Filters
• Attribute Filters
• Child-Specific Filters
• Form Element Filters
• Additional Wrapped Set Methods

3) Event-Driven Programming with jQuery

• Event Helpers
• Interaction Helpers: toggle() and hover()
• jQuery Event Objects
• jQuery Live Events

4) jQuery and Ajax

• The load() Wrapped Set Method
• Basic Ajax Requests with $.get() and $.post()
• $.getJSON() and $.get Script()
• Exercising Complete Control with $.ajax()
• Global Ajax Events
• Ajax Helper Methods

5) Conclusion

Tuition: $1185 per person
Register:

October 19-21, 2011