jQuery

The options for hybrid mobile app development change on an almost weekly basis. Jay Ray shows us his favorite seven.

This article explores the pitfalls associated with working with phone numbers. It also shows some common ways of overcoming these pitfalls.

This article explains how to recreate Opt-in Monster using jQuery and a couple plugins.

Scott O'Hara examines how to replicate a jQuery-based UI widget first using jQuery, then using vanilla JavaScript, and finally plain CSS.

This article discusses noty, a jQuery plugin used to create different types of notifications.

Ravi Kiran looks at dealing with JavaScript-based animations in the AngularJS framework, helping us improve the UI of our one-page apps.

Aurelio De Rosa examines the shorthand methods that jQuery provides for achieving asynchronous actions in Ajax-based applications.

Alexis Ulrich looks at a solution to prevent YouTube Embeds on web pages from slowing down a page's load time. Available as plain JavaScript or jQuery.

George Martsoukos provides an introduction to creating scroll-based animations and effects using jQuery.

Armando Roggio shows us the power of HTML5's Web Audio API by taking us through the steps to build a virtual synth pad.

This article explores five little known details about a few methods in the jQuery library.

Massimo Cassandro goes through the steps to create a nice SVG-based dynamic population map, with a little bit of jQuery.

There are plenty of ways to allow users to draw a signature in a browser window, many involving clever jQuery plugins. Everything is going digital and this is the future we must all look forward to. Here are the best digital signature plugins I've found. 1. jSignature A jQuery that simplifies creation of a signature capture field in a browser window, allowing a user to draw a signature using mouse, pen, or finger. Check out a demo. 2. Signature Pad A jQuery plugin for assisting in the creation of an HTML5 canvas based signature pad. Records the drawn signature in JSON for later regeneration. Check out a demo.

This article introduces some of the capabilities of the jQuery animate() method. Several basic animations are created for the reader to follow along.

High-resolution displays are becoming more and more common, with all kinds of devices achieving the so-called "Retina display" level. Your sites and apps need to look good at these screen resolutions, so here are some plugins that can help. 1. retina.js An open source script that makes it easy to serve high-resolution images to devices with retina displays.

Whether you're keen on using jQuery to display photos, chats, Instagram feeds, or lists, this grab-bag of recent jQuery plugins has something for everyone. 1. jQuery googleslides A jQuery plugin to display your Google Photos. 2. jquery.JamCity jquery.JamCity v. 2.0.0

Google Analytics reveals a lot about your visitors but it doesn't tell you which links they clicked to exit your site. Craig's JavaScript will help.

Instagram is a photo sharing social network with a minimal web-presence and a focus on mobile. Using the service's API, these jQuery plugins bring the sepia-toned network to the web. 1. Pongstagr.am A jQuery plugin that lets you display your Instagram media to your website using Bootstrap Front-end styles and modal-plugin. 2. SpectagramJS An easy-to-use jQuery plugin that uses the Instagram API to fetch and display user information and popular or tagged photo feeds inside your web application or site.

This article compares jQuery and CSS based animations and explains how jQuery animations can be improved.

This article examines some of the "magic tricks" performed by modern frameworks. The author then pulls back the curtain to show how the magic works.

This post is a Learnable video on the basics of jQuery UI.

Here is a collection of useful placeholder plugins for jQuery. There are plenty out there but these are the best we've found.