1

Overview of jQuery

• What is jQuery? Why jQuery?
• Benefits compared to JavaScript alone.
• jQuery elements, jQuery UI. The jQuery object.

2

Utility methods of jQuery

• Reminder about Javascript objects.
• Handling objects with jQuery.
• jQuery object processing methods.
• Table processing methods with jQuery.
• Character strings and JavaScript.
• jQuery string processing methods.

3

Selectors

• Overview of jQuery selectors.
• Role of selectors. Different types of selectors.
• Pseudo-classes. Combinators.

4

Access to the DOM tree

• Refresher about DOM (Document Object Model).
• Direct access to a page's elements.
• Handling DOM with jQuery.
• Managing CSS classes (addClass(), removeClass() ...
• Inserting elements into the DOM tree.

5

Event management

• The notion of events in Javascript.
• Event management with the bind method.
• Passing parameters with the bind method.

6

Ajax and jQuery

• Querying a server with jQuery.
• Ajax queries using $.ajax().
• Processing the server's reply.
• Passing parameters to the server.

7

Visual effects and rich interface with jQuery

• Standard visual effects in jQuery. Creating your own visual effects. Using animate().
• Configuring effects with easing. Managing the visual effects queue.
• Overview and installation of jQuery UI. Using evolved components.
• tabs(), accordion(), dialog(), progressbar().
• Drag and drop Selecting multiple things. Permutations of elements in a page. Resizing an element.