Learning jQuery and Getting Better at Javascript [closed]

Answer 1

Read the documentation - jQuery has really good support as well as lots of examples on jquery.com itself.

Answer 2

Have a look at these video series they are awesome !! link

Answer 3

I agree with Mark Hurd below. Learn Javascript first.

The first book that gave me "aha- this is amazing" is DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

Once you get the basics of that, what jQuery does will come more naturally to you and it will seem easy.

Answer 4

Here are two good articles for getting started:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd453033.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd569752.aspx

Answer 5

I started using jQuery in a project and was learning from jquery website and my colleagues. After reading jQuery in Action I've learned many things that I was missing. I really enjoyed reading this book. And still is a very good reference. Jquery in Action also introduces to some jquery's plugin.

Answer 6

http://www.quirksmode.org/

and his book ppk on JavaScript