Mastering jQuery walks through the basics of using jQuery, the revolutionary JavaScript framework that makes writing client-side code fun and easy, and then dives into the details of writing AJAX enabled ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. We will also cover popular plugins and extending jQuery in future episodes.
Episodes:
#1: Getting Started with jQuery
In this episode we cover the basics of getting started with jQuery. We start with a basic HTML page and show how to include jQuery, how to write your first code, and explain all of the moving pieces and how they work.
#2: Building a task application in jQuery
In this episode we start building a new application all in jQuery, again we focus on just the fundamentals of jQuery and working with HTML in NotePad2.
#3: jQuery and AJAX Pt. 1
In Episode 3 we being to cover working with jQuery and AJAX. We explain what AJAX is and what the benefits are then jump into using the Load function in a very simple scenario. Then we wire up our task application to a simple ASP.NET MVC application using the jQuery Form plugin. This is just the first part of working with Ajax, in Episode 4 we will cover using Ajax directly (without the jQuery Form Plugin).
#4: jQuery and Ajax Pt. 2
In this episode Dave and James dig deeper into working with Ajax and jQuery. They cover making direct calls using the post function as well as using JSON. This episode uses ASP.NET MVC for the server-side code.
#5: ASP.NET Web Forms with jQuery and AJAX
In this episode Dave and James convert their task application to web forms and wire up the Ajax calls using both Page Methods and Web Services.
