Congratulatgions Karl! I am pre-ordering. (All the cool kids are doing it.) 500 Pages! I hope there are alot of pictures. :)
Exciting times. Glen On 4/6/07, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the plug, Rey! :-) As you might have gathered from the URL ( http://www.packtpub.com/jQuery/book), the book is being published by PACKT Publishing, based in Manchester, UK. They're a relative newcomer to the publishing world, but already they've managed to put together a pretty impressive group of books, many of which explore open-source software projects. Here is a little more detail on our book: Full Title: Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques ** Special thanks to Glen Lipka for his help with the subtitle! Publication Date: Expected July 2007 Cover Price: $39.99 Pre-order Price: $31.99 (20% discount) Number of Pages: The publisher's site says 250, but that was the initial estimate. It's looking like it'll be closer to 500. Working Outline: Part I: Introducing jQuery 1: Getting Started Part II: Exploring jQuery 2: Selectors, or How to Get Anything You Want 3: Events, or How to Pull the Trigger 4: Effects, or How to Add Flair to Your Actions 5: DOM Manipulation, or How to Change Your Page on Command 6: AJAX, or How to Make Your Site Buzzword Compliant Part III: Using jQuery 7: Table Manipulation 8: Forms with Function 9: Shufflers and Rotators Part IV: Examining jQuery 10: Selector Expressions 11: DOM Traversal Methods 12: DOM Manipulation Methods 13: Event Methods 14: Effect Methods 15: AJAX Methods 16: Miscellaneous Methods 17: Plug-ins Appendices Appendix A: Online Resources Appendix B: Development Tools Appendix C: JavaScript Closures --Karl _________________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Apr 6, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Rey Bango wrote: I'm VERY proud to announce that the first jQuery book, Learning jQuery, is now available for pre-order! jQuery Project Team member Karl Swedberg & Jonathan Chaffer have produced a solid book that will get you up and running with jQuery in no time. To quote: "This book begins with a tutorial to jQuery, followed by an examination of common, real-world client-side problems, and solutions for each of them. A detailed reference rounds off the book, making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your jQuery questions." I'm placing my order today and I recommend every serious jQuery developer to pick this up. http://www.packtpub.com/jQuery/book Rey./// -- BrightLight Development, LLC. 954-775-1111 (o) 954-600-2726 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iambright.com
