What’s jQuery in 15 minutes or it’s free!

By: Maxime Rouiller

Who am I?

• Maxime Rouiller
• Senior Developper and Coach at Innobec
• I blog at http://blog.DecayingCode.com
• I’m on Twitter : @MaximRouiller

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What is Innobec?

• Developing custom web sites, mobile applications and portals
• Coaching for ASP.NET Developer and Project
• Our tools include:
• Visual Studio 2010 & ASP.NET + ASP.NET MVC 3.0
• jQuery
• Test-Driven Development
• Java, C++, Objective C (Android, iPhone, etc.)

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Agenda

• Simple introduction to jQuery
• What is jQuery?
• Why use jQuery?
• Who’s using jQuery?
• How to install?
• Links of interest

What is jQuery?

• History:
• First conceived in August 2005
• Version 1.0 dated January 2006
• 36 releases later we are at 1.7.1 released November 21^st 2011

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What is jQuery?

• Goal:
• Code once, works everywhere
• Transform the tedious task of Javascript into pure fun
• Free and Open Source
• Supported by:
• Microsoft by including it with ASP.NET MVC
• Nokia by including it in their Widget development platform

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What is jQuery?

• Cross-Browser Library
• Works with:
• Internet Explorer 6.0+
• FireFox 2.0+
• Safari 3.0+
• Opera 9.0+
• Chrome (all versions)

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Why use jQuery?

• Most adopted Javascript library right now
• It works
• Makes using Javascript actually fun!
• Backed by Google, Microsoft, etc.
• Strong community

Who is using jQuery?

How to install?

• Just add the reference to your master page
• Can be served locally by your server or by a CDN (Content Delivery Network)
• https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js (Google)
• http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.5.1.js (Microsoft)

Links of interest

• http://docs.jquery.com
• http://codylindley.com/jqueryselectors/
• http://ejohn.org/apps/workshop/intro/
• http://ejohn.org/apps/workshop/adv-talk/index.html
• http://jqueryui.com/
• http://plugins.jquery.com/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jquery

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