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avigate the tricky issues around cross-browser inconsistencies anduse jQuery to avoid wasting time fixing these bugs. This book is yourstep-by-step guide to learning the jQuery library and allowsyou to concentrate on what really matters to you, masteringthe most popular JavaScript library in a web developer’s toolkit.Throughoutthis book, you'll discover how expressive yet concise jQuery’s code is and how much quicker and efficiently you can develop with jQuery.Beginning jQuerytakes you from the basics of getting you started with jQuery, right through to extending jQuery by writing your own plug-ins. You'll discover best practices you can follow, how you can avoid common mistakes, and learn about the many other assets that jQuery has to offer.This second edition is completely updated for jQuery version 3.x, including integration with npm, using Yeoman and Jasmine, and guidelines for working with the Dataset API specification.

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About the Author

Jack Franklin is a Developer Evangelist at Pusher. He is a keen blogger, developer and author.He first started creating websites back in 2005 and has experience in a number of web languages including HTML, CSS, PHP, Ruby, Python and others, although his main focus is JavaScript. He runs the popular online resource javascriptplayground.com and has released a number of open source jQuery plug-ins online.Russ Fergusonis a freelance developer and instructor in the New York City area. His interest in computers goes back to Atari Basic, CompuServe and BBS systems in the mid-1980s. For over 10 years, he has been fortunate to teach at Pratt Institute, where subjects have been as diverse as the student body. Working in New York has given him the opportunity to work with a diverse group of companies whose projects ranged from developing real-time chat/video applications for start-ups to developing and managing content management systems for established Media and Advertising agencies like MTV and DC Comics.

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