Written Articles
- Getting Started with jQuery – this is the official jQuery getting started guide.
- jQuery for JavaScript Programmers – Simon Willison (creator of django) gives you an introduction to jQuery for people who already understand JavaScript.
- jQuery Crash Course – Nathan Smith gives a quick introduction to jQuery on Digital Web Magazine.
- Introduction to jQuery – Rick Strahl, well-known for his work developing with Microsoft technologies, gives his introduction to jQuery with part two covering using jQuery with ASP.NET.
E-Books
- jQuery Fundamentals – open-source e-book written by Rebecca Murphey in collaboration with other well-known members of the jQuery community.
- jQuery Enlightenment – Cody Lindley’s e-book covers advanced topics on jQuery with links to working code examples in jsbin.
jQuery Books
- jQuery Cookbook – collaborative book by many jQuery team members with recipes on many jQuery topics.
- Learning jQuery 1.3 – walkthrough of learning the jQuery JavaScript library through hands-on examples and explanations. Authored by Karl Swedberg & Jonathan Chaffer
- jQuery Reference 1.4 – practical examples of the entire jQuery 1.4 API. Authored by Karl Swedberg & Jonathan Chaffer
- jQuery in Action 2nd edition – a fast-paced introduction to jQuery that will take your JavaScript programming to the next level. Authored by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz.
- jQuery UI 1.7 – Build highly interactive web applications with ready-to-use widgets from the jQuery User Interface library. Authored by Dan Wellman.
Slideshows
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Simon Willison
Learning Screencasts
- jQuery for Absolute Beginners – Net Tuts screencast series starts by downloading the library and eventually work our way up to creating an AJAX style-switcher.
- jQuery for Designers Screencasts – a myriad of screencast videos to teach you jQuery from a designer’s perspective.
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Intro to jQuery – Chris Coyier from CSS Tricks gives you an introduction to jQuery.Intro to jQuery Part 2 - Lullbot Introduction to jQuery – this video walks the viewer through the essential concepts and syntaxes needed to start writing simple-yet-powerful JavaScript using jQuery.
- The jQuery Course Prerelease – Marc Grabanski’s project to document all he’s learned from four years of jQuery programming into one educational course.
- Meet jQuery – this Peepcode Screencast teaches you jQuery through building a simple time-tracking application.
- An Intensive Introduction to jQuery – Ben Nadal takes a deep dive into jQuery.
Attend a training course
- Idea Foundry jQuery Training – The brains behind Collective Idea host jQuery classes led by Karl Swedberg in Holland, Michigan.
- jQuery Boot Camp – Ben Nadal’s training course in New York City.
- Thoughtbot Training – look here for training on jQuery from time to time.
Hire a Corporate jQuery Trainer
- appendTo Training – the jQuery company offers corporate training.
- Rebecca Murphey – started the open-source e-book jQuery Fundementals and is a member of the yayQuery podcast.
- Karl Swedberg – wrote the Learning jQuery books and runs this website.
- Marc Grabanski – creator of the jQuery UI Datepicker project and blogger.
- Ordered List – all around great guys, creators of the Harmony CMS, and active speakers and writers.
Conferences
- Carsonified Online jQuery Conference
- Official jQuery Conference – hosted in Boston, San Francisco, and other locations in the future.
- jQuery Summit – online conference.
jQuery Meetups
Another great way to learn more jQuery is to start or join a jQuery Meetup. Check to see if there is a meetup near you, and if not, start one!Podcasts
More Resources
- jQuery on Twitter
- Twitter Directory for Tag jQuery
- jQuery List
- 10 Things I Learned from the jQuery Source
Other Blogs
- Remy Sharp jQuery
- Filament Group
- Nemikor – Scott González
- Ben Alman
- Paul Irish
- Marc Grabanski
- Alex Sexton
- James Padolsey
- Script Junkie
- NCZOnline – Nicholas Zakas
- Perfection Kills – Juriy Zaytsev (kangax)
- Stoyan Stefanov
- Steve Souders
- CSS Tricks
- Web Designer Wall
- Janko At Warp Speed
- Marco Folio
Examples will be posted soon.
