jQuery is a open source JavaScript library, which has completely changed
the way, client side web development was done using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
With growing popularity of jQuery, it become imperative for web developers to
learn and take advantage of jQuery and books are one of the best way to learn
jQuery. In this article, I am going to share you top 5 jQuery books from my
personal collection, which I have looked and researched before purchasing my
first book on jQuery, Head First JQuery. Since I like to follow one book at a time, I didn't bother to look
into another must read book, JQuery in Action, until I have finished former.
After finishing my first book on jQuery, I am quite comfortable with jQuery
magic, which means doing things like DOM Selection, traversal, DOM manipulation
based on CSS selector, animation and cool effects, and responding to use
actions (event handling) in couple of lines. In short jQuery is powerful, yet easy
to understand, very succinct and a must have skill for web programmers and web
developers in there resume. I personally believe that you at least to read
couple of jQuery books to not only gain confidence, but also to be familiar
with subtle details of jQuery library itself. Though nothing beats
documentation, as they are the one, which is most up-to-date, but following a
book with simple examples is totally different learning experience, especially
if you are beginners and not an expert of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
5 Must read jQuery Books to learn jQuery
Head
First jQuery
I am big fan of Head first series, having already read couple of therebest titles like Head first design pattern, I didn't take me long to purchase
my first jQuery book, Head First jQuery and as always I am pretty satisfied. There are lot of good things
about this book, but one thing which differentiate this jQuery book with others
is quality of exercise. Head first examples are more like real life projects
than a trivial example from no where, you feel doing real work, while following
this jQuery book. Apart from that, they also provides code including HTML and
CSS and promotes best practices around structuring your HTML documents and
Cascading style sheets. Another worth mentioning thing about this jQuery book
is focusing on most important details and bringing them forward, if you are in
hurry, then this is the book to follow. You will also find lots of puzzles,
interesting questions, fireside talk (simply fantastic for comparative
learning) and usual head first ways to teach concepts. In short a must read
jQuery book for any beginner, which is familiar with HTML, CSS and bit of
JavaScript. If you are completely new in web development and not very confident
with HTML, CSS or JavaScript then you can also take a look Head First HTML and CSS and Head First JavaScript,
completely worth of money. I think you might also get a discounted offer, if
you buy more than one books on Amazon.
jQuery in
Action - Manning
Similar to head first series, another series which I like is Manning"Action" series, they have published several best selling titles
under this series and "jQuery in Action, Second Edition" is one of them. I read this book because of
there authors Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz, which are real jQuery and
JavaScript experts and knows subtle details of both. Yehuda Katz has been
contributing to jQuery and heading up there plug-in development team, while
Bear Bibeault is very senior in the area of web application development and already
co-author books like Ajax in Practice. This jQuery book is really good for both beginners and developer
with some experience, it's well structured with lots of useful examples, which
are easy to follow. One of thing, which I personally like is there explanation
of jQuery Event handling and how that works internally using JavaScript. They
have also done a good job on explaining, how jQuery can be used to Crete web
pages, which can handle cross browser compatibility issues. In short, one of
the best jQuery book in the market.
Learning
jQuery Fourth Edition
"Learning jQuery 1.3 : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques" By Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer is
another good jQuery books for beginners. This book teach jQuery in really nice
ways, building on your previous experience and knowledge, there contextual
examples and explanation, makes it easy to learn and comprehend jQuery
functions. Though this book assumes, you should have a fair knowledge of HTML
and CSS, and comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript, no knowledge of jQuery
is assumed, which is what works in beginners favours. I wouldn't say a must
read jQuery book, if you have already read previous two books, but if you
connect with this book, after reading sample chapters, than it's worth buying. Currently latest edition of this books is fourth edition, which brings few more changes from recent jQuery releases. If you have not yet purchased this book then its better to go for fourth edition rather than third or second edition, of-course until you are not getting them FREE or dirt cheap price.
jQuery
Cookbook
jQuery Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for jQuery Developers by Cody Lindley isan ideal book for both jQuery beginners and JavaScript experts alike. It's a
cookbook, which starts with fundamentals and then explores more practical uses
cases with tested solution and using best practices to overcome common web
development issues. Like Head First and "Action" series, Cookbook
series from O'Reilly is also a popular series and can be a valuable addition to
any web developer's bookshelf. Since jQuery cookbook is written to accommodate
common problems and there tried and tested solution, three is good chance that
you will find solution of your practical problems there. In short, if you like
cookbooks and enjoy reading them, than this is one of the best jQuery book for
you. It's also a very good book for busy developers, who like to try out examples rather than reading theories. By following simple examples and how to do in jQuery sort of code snippet, you will automatically learn what is needed to implement them. In short, if you are a busy developer, go for this jQuery book.
jQuery:
Novice to Ninja
jQuery:Novice to Ninja By Earle Castledine and Craig Sharkie is a comprehensive
jQuery book of 480 pages. First Edition of this book was hugely popular and now
Second Edition is also available. I haven't read this book completely, but
whatever I read, I found them really interesting. This books mixes JavaScript
best practices and explains subtle details with ease. This also presents lots
of advanced stuff including jQuery plug-ins, which is good, once you are
familiar with basics. Overall, I suggest reading couple of sample chapters and
if you connect with this book, than consider buying it. By the way don't god
with title, from novice to Ninja, don't expect to become master of jQuery by
just reading this book :), you need to lot of jQuery coding, before coming
close to efficiently use them.
That's all on this list of best
jQuery books for beginners and intermediate web developers. Since jQuery is
very popular in modern day web development, there are many books and material
available. One thing, which you start using, once you have basic knowledge of
jQuery is there API documentation. They
also have working examples and demo, which can be handy along with following
any of these jQuery books. Senior web programmers and jQuery developers, let us
know if you come across a good book on jQuery, which is not included in this
list.
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