Creating Dynamic Websites Using jQuery
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| Title: | Creating Dynamic Websites Using jQuery |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Miller-Francisco, Emily |
| Source: | Computers in Libraries. Jul-Aug 2010 30(6):26-28. |
| Availability: | Information Today, Inc. 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750. Tel: 800-300-9868; Tel: 609-654-6266; Fax: 609-654-4309; e-mail: custserv@infotoday.com; Web site: http://infotoday.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 3 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Intended Audience: | Media Staff |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Research Libraries, Internet, Web Sites, Higher Education, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Client Server Architecture, Computers, Computer Interfaces, Programming Languages |
| Geographic Terms: | Oregon |
| ISSN: | 1041-7915 |
| Abstract: | As e-resource systems and web coordinator for Southern Oregon University, the author is deeply involved with the university library's website. In the latest revision of this website, the author knew she needed to jazz it up a little. With screen real estate on the main page at a premium, the author hoped to use a tabbed box and an accordion-style control to keep things findable without overcrowding the page. Implementing both the tabbed panels and the accordion control proved more difficult than she had anticipated. She began by using Dreamweaver's Spry Widgets, which provide "plug and play"-style widgets with just a few clicks of the mouse. Unfortunately, this attempt was plagued by technical difficulties. So she took stock of alternative approaches. Luckily, there are several JavaScript libraries that provide similar widgets. Ultimately, however, the author chose jQuery to help her. In this article, the author introduces jQuery, a powerful set of JavaScript libraries for selecting elements and then operating on them using a CSS-like syntax. It allows one to use JavaScript at a macro level so that he/she does not have to do all the microcoding. The author discusses how to get jQuery up and running on one's website. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jul10/index.shtml |
| Accession Number: | EJ890695 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | As e-resource systems and web coordinator for Southern Oregon University, the author is deeply involved with the university library's website. In the latest revision of this website, the author knew she needed to jazz it up a little. With screen real estate on the main page at a premium, the author hoped to use a tabbed box and an accordion-style control to keep things findable without overcrowding the page. Implementing both the tabbed panels and the accordion control proved more difficult than she had anticipated. She began by using Dreamweaver's Spry Widgets, which provide "plug and play"-style widgets with just a few clicks of the mouse. Unfortunately, this attempt was plagued by technical difficulties. So she took stock of alternative approaches. Luckily, there are several JavaScript libraries that provide similar widgets. Ultimately, however, the author chose jQuery to help her. In this article, the author introduces jQuery, a powerful set of JavaScript libraries for selecting elements and then operating on them using a CSS-like syntax. It allows one to use JavaScript at a macro level so that he/she does not have to do all the microcoding. The author discusses how to get jQuery up and running on one's website. |
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| ISSN: | 1041-7915 |
