A Glance at jQuery $() Wrapper & accessing DOM elements

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jQuery $() wrapper

For many years, JavaScript was not considered as a serious programming language. In terms of a web applications, its use was only restricted to some form validations. With the arrival of AJAX technologies and resulting interactive websites, JavaScript has managed to regain some esteem. The JavaScript libraries emerged to provide new and improved patterns for Continue reading…

Selecting DOM elements with jQuery: Filters – Part 1

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jQuery DOM selectors

Of late we are covering few jQuery related topics. In a recent post, we read about using basic and hierarichal selectors for selecting DOM elements with jQuery. Sometimes, it is not enough to select the DOM elements using the element Type, Class Name or ID. Filters are a powerful way to select the DOM elements Continue reading…

Selecting DOM elements with jQuery: Filters – Part 2

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jQuery DOM selectors

We read about Basic and Content filters in the earlier post. The post covered filters to select DOM elements based on the position and content attributes. The filters can also be defined on the basis of the state and attributes and child-elements.
The elements can be selected with jQuery to perform various operations on them. So, Continue reading…

Selecting DOM elements with jQuery – Form Filters

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jQuery DOM selectors

This is the last post of the series explaining selection of DOM elements with jQuery. We started with basic and hierarchal selectors. Then, we read about filters in posts covering filters in two parts – Part 1 and Part 2. Forms are an important part of webpages, so we have a special section of filters Continue reading…