Thanks for the answer, Yehuda. Hopefully the discount is still good... Fred
On 11/1/07, Yehuda Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The book covers jQuery 1.2. The book got started pre-1.2, but we did a > full-pass of the entire book to update it for 1.2. It also includes jQuery > UI and livequery in Chapter 9, which are relatively new. > > Having done a ton of the research for the book, I can tell you that in > addition to the book covering motivation (why the library does what it does) > that you won't get anywhere else, there's a fair bit of material that was > gleaned from a combination of disparate online documentation and reading the > source code itself. > > > My favorite feature in this book is the "lab pages," which are online > pages that allow you to experiment with concepts taught in the book. For > instance, we have a selector lab that allows you to specify a selector, and > see which elements are selected. The lab pages are tightly integrated into > the book narrative, so you really get a lot of value in a format that is not > available anywhere else. > > > Also, the book has a number of full-chapter examples (Ajax comes to mind), > which will help you tackle writing a full app start-to-finish, including > minor issues that can get lost when writing a high-level overview. So check > it out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :-D > > > -- Yehuda > > On 10/31/07, Fred Janon <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > What version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning > > decided to show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the > > introduction. For the introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but > > show me what's the real meat of the book? What does this book have that I > > can't find easily somewhere else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I > > love books and I buy lots of them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and > > discover that it's either almost obsolete when it comes out because 2 > > versions of the software came out before the book is in the stores or the > > book doesn't address much more than what's on the web site, hence the book > > publishing market shrinking. > > > > Thanks > > > > Fred > > > > On 11/1/07, Yehuda Katz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over > > > the past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the > > > community. If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to > > > let you know that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if > > > it's > > > EST or PST...). > > > > > > > > > Get the book at: > > > http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93 > > > > > > Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off! > > > > > > -- > > > Yehuda Katz > > > Web Developer | Procore Technologies > > > (ph) 718.877.1325 > > > > > > > > > > -- > Yehuda Katz > Web Developer | Procore Technologies > (ph) 718.877.1325 >
