The great majority of people reading our blog know that jQuery is a light Javascript library, which simplifies the interaction between Javascript and HTML. It has a lot of useful Ajax and JavaScript features to allow you enhance semantic coding and user experience. Some of the tutorials presented here combine both jQuery and CSS which helps to achieve the wanted result. So why don’t you choose any of these nice tutorials and follow the motto “write less, do more”?
15 Powerful jQuery Tips and Tricks for Developers
In this article we will take a look at 15 jQuery techniques which will be useful for your effective use of the library. We will start with a few tips about performance and continue with short introductions to some of the library’s more obscure features.
FrameWarp – jQuery plugin for displaying pages in a neat overlay
Let’s Make a Drawing Game with Node.js
By now you have probably heard of node.js. It is an asynchronous web server built ontop of Google’s V8 JavaScript engine (the same one that makes Chrome lighning fast). Using node, you can write scalable web services in JavaScript, that can handle a huge number of simultaneous connections, which makes it perfect as the backend of games, web chats and other real time tasks.
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3D Flipping Circle with CSS3 and jQuery
In this tutorial we will create a circle with a handle which will open once the little handle is clicked, creating a realistic 3D flipping effect with the help of CSS 3D transforms and shadows/gradients.
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Swatch Book with CSS3 and jQuery
A tutorial about how to create a swatch book like component that let’s you open and rotate the single swatches revealing some details. We will be using CSS transforms and transitions and create a simple jQuery plugin.
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Triple Panel Image Slider
In this tutorial we will create a jQuery triple panel image slider with a 3D look. The idea is to have a main panel and two lateral panels that are rotated slightly in 3D space. When navigating, we will slide in the respective next image in each panel. We’ll be using CSS 3D Transforms with perspective and CSS Transitions.
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3D Thumbnail Hover Effects
A tutorial about how to create 3D thumbnail hover effects with CSS 3D transforms and jQuery.
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Fullscreen Slit Slider with jQuery and CSS3
A tutorial on how to create a fullscreen slideshow with a twist: the idea is to slice open the current slide when navigating to the next or previous one. Using jQuery and CSS animations we can create unique slide transitions for the content elements.
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Vertical Showcase Slider with jQuery and CSS Transitions
A tutorial on how to create a responsive vertical fullscreen slider that moves its sections in opposite directions. We’ll be using jQuery, CSS Transitions and media queries to make the layout adaptive.
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Real-Time Geolocation Service with Node.js
A tutorial about how to create a simple real-time application that shows the locations of visitors on an interactive map using Node.js and the HTML5 Geolocation API.
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Multiple Area Charts with D3.js
In this tutorial we will introduce some basics of D3.js and create an infographic with multiple area charts along with a context tool to zoom and pan the data.
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Fullscreen Video Slideshow with BigVideo.js
A tutorial about how to create a slideshow-like fullscreen video background using BigVideo.js, a jQuery plugin for big background video.
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Creative Web Typography Styles
Let’s create some interesting web typography effects with several CSS techniques and the help of lettering.js.
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Create a Parallax Scrolling Website Using Stellar.js
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how you can create the effect on your own website, with a bit of imagination and a little help from Stellar.js.
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Step by step from jQuery to Backbone
n this tutorial I will gradually refactor a bit of code from how I used to write JavaScript before, into proper Backbone.js code using models, collections, views and events. Hopefully this process will give you a firm understanding of the core abstractions in Backbone.js.
Building Web Presentations Using jQuery Mobile
jQuery mobile framework provides easily themeable, HTML5-based interface with support for pages transitions, therefore it would be very easy to create simple web presentations that will work on all popular smartphone and desktop platforms.
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Get started with jQuery Masonry
Luke Shumard provides a crash-course in David DeSandro’s Masonry, a jQuery plug-in that’s ideal for both novice and intermediate web designers.
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JavaScript-Turbo: Head.js Speeds Up Your Website
Head.js is a JavaScript tool that calls itself the only script you need. We have put it to the test and found out that Head.js can really boost the performance on websites with several scripts.
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