jQuery Tutorials
![Create GitHub-Style Buttons with CSS and jQuery, MooTools, or Dojo JavaScript]()
Create GitHub-Style Buttons with CSS and jQuery, MooTools, or Dojo JavaScript
I'm what you would consider a bit of a GitHub fanboy. We all know that GitHub is the perfect place to store repositories of open source code, but I think my love of GitHub goes beyond that. GitHub seems to understand that most...
![Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo]()
Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo
I've been dabbling with Dojo quite a bit lately. I feel great about my MooTools and jQuery skills but I'm a bit still raw when it comes to Dojo. What's important that I keep in mind, however, is that the tasks I'm trying to...
![Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using jQuery]()
Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using jQuery
Twitter does some great stuff with JavaScript. What I really appreciate about what they do is that there aren't any epic JS functionalities -- they're all simple touches. One of those simple touches is the "Login" dropdown on their homepage. I've taken...
![jQuery Podcast & Essential jQuery and MooTools Snippets]()
jQuery Podcast & Essential jQuery and MooTools Snippets
Many of you probably already know this but I like to consider myself a bit of a JavaScript chameleon. If you know that then you probably know I'm a MooTools fanatic that periodically dabbles with jQuery. I'm happy to announce that I...
![Fancy FAQs with jQuery Sliders]()
Fancy FAQs with jQuery Sliders
Frequently asked questions can be super boring, right? They don't have to be! I've already shown you how to create fancy FAQs with MooTools -- here's how to create the same effect using jQuery. The HTML Simply a series of H3s and DIVs wrapper...
![Google-Style Element Fading Using MooTools or jQuery]()
Google-Style Element Fading Using MooTools or jQuery
Google recently introduced an interesting effect to their homepage: the top left and top right navigation items don't display until you move your mouse or leave the search term box. Why? I can only speculate that they want their homepage as...
![jQuery UI DatePicker: Disable Specified Days]()
jQuery UI DatePicker: Disable Specified Days
One project I'm currently working on requires jQuery. The project also features a datepicker for requesting a visit to their location. jQuery UI's DatePicker plugin was the natural choice and it does a really nice job. One challenge I encountered was the...
![Create a Sexy Persistent Header with Opacity Using MooTools or jQuery]()
Create a Sexy Persistent Header with Opacity Using MooTools or jQuery
I've been working with the Magento eCommerce solution a lot lately and I've taken a liking to a technique they use with the top bar within their administrative control panel. When the user scrolls below a specified threshold, the top bar becomes attached to the...
![Image Reflection with jQuery and MooTools]()
Image Reflection with jQuery and MooTools
One subtle detail that can make a big difference on any web design is the use of image reflections. Using them too often can become obnoxious but using reflections on large, "masthead" images is a classy enhancement. Unfortunately creating image reflections within your...
![AJAX For Evil: Spyjax with jQuery]()
AJAX For Evil: Spyjax with jQuery
Last year I wrote a popular post titled AJAX For Evil: Spyjax when I described a technique called "Spyjax": Spyjax, as I know it, is taking information from the user's computer for your own use — specifically their browsing habits. By using CSS and JavaScript, I...









