jQuery is a popular JavaScript library that is extensible using plug-ins. Some plug-ins, specifically those for managing the user interface, have been collected together in the jQuery UI library. These plug-ins help facilitate interaction with the user, and these interactions are simpler to manage if you use jQuery only. This book covers the following extensions in jQuery UI version 1.8:
• Tab management
• Accordion menus
• Dialog boxes
• Buttons
• Progress bars
• Sliders
• Date pickers
• Autocompleters
• Drag-and-drop management
• Selection, resizing, and switching of elements
• New visual effects
All users of jQuery should read this book! More specifically, this book will interest people who want to improve the user interface of their websites and enrich them with
new features.
Each of the features offered by jQuery UI (tabs, accordion menus, etc.) are treated in a separate chapter. Each chapter is independent of the others, allowing you to implement
the functionality directly.
