jQuery and JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (Learning Lab)

Learn jQuery and JavaScript in just 24 one-hour online lessons


With this interactive online course - featuring step-by-step lessons, expert video instruction, live code editing, and interactive quizzes - you can quickly teach yourself to build dynamic single-page web apps that deliver the rich experiences your users want.


Sams Teach Yourself jQuery and JavaScript in 24 Hours has a straightforward, step-by-step approach that helps you master fundamental JavaScript programming skills. And with this exclusive online Learning Lab edition of the book you can:



Read the complete text of the book online - at your own pace, whenever you want
Watch an expert instructor show you how perform key tasks in more than 50 short, easy-to-follow videos
Try each of the examples yourself in an interactive online code editing sandbox - and see the results with the click of a button
Test your understanding of the material after each lesson with a fully interactive online quiz

Three sample lessons are available for FREE online exactly as they appear in the full online Learning Lab - with complete video walkthroughs, code editing sandboxes, and interactive quizzes (HTML5 browser required). Try them out today!


This online tutorial's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to create effects, animations, lists, complex forms, and more. In just a few hours, you'll be building great user interfaces for any device, even the newest smartphones and tablets.


Learn how to...



Quickly start building web pages with jQuery and JavaScript
Master jQuery syntax, logic, functions, and objects
Efficiently access, manipulate, and navigate DOM elements
Build highly interactive web pages with events and event handlers
Implement cookies, pop-up windows, and timers
Create animations, special effects, and image galleries
Construct, interact with, and validate forms
Use advanced elements, such as table filters, custom dialogs, and dynamic sparklines
Access server-side data via AJAX
Work with data using JSON, XML, queues, and binding
Build superior user interfaces more quickly with jQuery UI
Add richer page interactions with jQuery UI Widgets
Create mobile-friendly pages with jQuery Mobile
Customize your mobile pages with jQuery Mobile ThemeRoller


About This Learning Lab: A Learning Lab is a self-paced online course that integrates text, graphics, video screencasts, live code editing sandboxes, and interactive quizzes into a complete tutorial. It is delivered online from a link that will be available on your InformIT Account page after purchase. Once purchased you can view the Learning Lab course in any web browser that supports HTML5, including the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. Supported platforms are:



Windows XP (Firefox only)
Windows 7 or 8 (Chrome or Firefox)
Mac OS X (Safari, Firefox, or Chrome)
Linux (Chrome or Firefox)
iOS 6 or iOS 7 (Mobile Safari)