jQuery Reference Guide
A Comprehensive Exploration of the Popular
JavaScript Library
Jonathan Chaffer
Karl Swedberg
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
jQuery Reference Guide
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First published: August 2007
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Credits
Authors
Jonathan Chaffer
Karl Swedberg
Reviewers
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Mike Alsup
Paul Bakaus
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Senior Acquisition Editor
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Development Editor
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Technical Editor
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Editorial Manager
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Project Manager
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Indexer
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Proofreader
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About the Authors
Jonathan Chaffer is the Chief Technology Ofcer of Structure Interactive,
an interactive agency located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There he oversees
web development projects using a wide range of technologies, and continues to
collaborate on day-to-day programming tasks as well.
In the open-source community, Jonathan has been very active in the Drupal CMS
project, which has adopted jQuery as its JavaScript framework of choice. He is the
creator of the Content Construction Kit, a popular module for managing structured
content on Drupal sites. He is responsible for major overhauls of Drupal’s menu
system and developer API reference.
Jonathan lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, Jennifer.
I would like to thank Jenny, who thinks this is wonderful even if it bores her to tears. I’d
also like to thank Karl for sharing my love for linguistics, producing a book that hopefully is
grammatically immaculate enough to cover up any technical sins.
