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JavaScript and jQuery

Interactive Front-End Web Development
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JavaScript and jQuery by Jon Duckett serves as a comprehensive guide to front-end web development, focusing on how to make your websites more interactive through JavaScript and jQuery. It offers practical explanations and examples, making complex concepts accessible, even for beginners. The book emphasises hands-on learning, helping readers to implement dynamic features that enhance user experience on websites.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking to learn web development with a focus on interactive and dynamic features. This guide is known for its visual approach, making complex concepts more accessible and engaging for both beginners and those looking to refresh their skills in JavaScript and jQuery.

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Learn JavaScript and jQuery a nicer way This full-color book adopts a visual approach to teaching JavaScript & jQuery, showing you how to make web pages more interactive and interfaces more intuitive through the use of inspiring code examples, infographics, and photography.

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Jon Duckett’s best-selling, full-colour introduction to JavaScript—filled with techniques to make websites more interactive and engaging

Learn JavaScript and jQuery from the author who has inspired hundreds of thousands of beginner-to-intermediate coders. Build upon your HTML and CSS foundation and take the next step in your programming journey with JavaScript. The world runs on JavaScript, and the most influential tech companies are looking for new and experienced programmers alike to bring their websites to life. Finding the right resources online can be overwhelming. Take a confident step in the right direction by choosing the simplicity of JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development by veteran web developer and programmer Jon Duckett.

Widely regarded for setting a new standard for those looking to learn and master web development, Jon Duckett has inspired web developers through his inventive teaching format pioneered in his bestselling HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites. He has also helped global brands like Philips, Nike, and Xerox create innovative digital solutions, designing and delivering web and mobile projects with impact and the customer at the forefront.

In JavaScript & jQuery, Duckett shares his real-world insights in his unique and highly visual style:

  • Provides an efficient and user-friendly structure that allows readers to progress through the chapters in a self-paced format
  • Combines full-colour design graphics and engaging photography to explain the topics in an in-depth yet straightforward manner
  • Recreates techniques seen on other websites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, Ajax content updates, and much more
  • Is perfect for anyone looking to create web applications and games, design mobile apps, or redesign a website using popular web development tools

JavaScript & jQuery is clear and actionable, providing organised instruction in ways that other online courses, tutorials, and books have yet to replicate. For readers seeking a personable yet professional guide to using JavaScript in the real world, this one-of-a-kind guide is for you.

JavaScript & jQuery is also available as part of two hardcover and paperback sets depending on your web design and development needs:

Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery Set
Paperback: 9781118907443
Hardcover: 9781119038634

Front-End Back-End Development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL Set
Paperback: 9781119813095
Hardcover: 9781119813088

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The book by Jon Duckett is praised for its visually appealing design and clear layout, incorporating ample visual examples alongside the text. Reviewers highlight its engaging approach, taking readers from the basics to more advanced JavaScript techniques, making learning interactive and enjoyable.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118531648

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 July 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 183.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 1474g

Pages: 640

About the Author

Jon Duckett has been designing and building web sites for over a decade, working with global brands, and has authored and co-authored over a dozen books on web design, programming, usability and accessibility. He has curated conferences about web programming and has been a web strategy consultant, often coding front ends for projects and designing architectures for back end programming.

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