Learning jQuery and Getting Better at Javascript [closed]

Answer 1

Check out Jquery for absolute beginners video series . I love the blogs at this page. Check em out, and you'll learn what you need for JQuery and some additional Javascript. I believe that link will show you the fundations you need to understand the JQuery functions you want too.

Answer 2

Rebecca Murphey (of Yayquery Podcast fame) has released a book of her jQuery training materials. It is available here.

Answer 3

When this book comes out, you will learn a lot about how to write good javascript from the guy who wrote jQuery. Personally, I can't wait for it come out.

Seriously... this one is worth getting when it comes out...

Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja

Answer 4

I think you'd be best off by learning JavaScript first. Learning a library without the background knowledge is going to leave you high and dry at the worst possible times.

Besides, you'll appreciate jQuery that much more when you realize you can accomplish in 1 line what used to take 50. :)

Answer 5

These books are all (co) authored by John Resig who also wrote jQuery itself.

For JS in general, I've also heard very good things about this: JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford who works for Yahoo!.

Crockford and Resig both have free and comprehensive videos at the YUI theater. These three are good for a broad overview of general JS:

• Douglas Crockford — The JavaScript Programming Language
• Douglas Crockford — Advanced JavaScript
• Douglas Crockford — An Inconvenient API: The Theory of the DOM

Answer 6

I recommend the articles and videos (screencasts) available at:

http://www.jqueryfordesigners.com/

because the author, Remy Sharp, describes how and why he makes the choices he does and you can see the progress from start to finish.