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1. Event handlers are used to invoke some code when a certain action happens. When you want some behavior or action to be triggered when a user does something on the page you use an event handler. When an event happens - it has "fired" and when we write






2. Application programming interface. An API is an abstraction that defines and describes an interface for the interaction with a set of functions used by components of a software system. The software providing the functions described by an API is said






3. When an event fires - use (this) to refer to the element that fired it. This provides a nicer way to talk about the element that fired the event - rather having to re-select it.






4. Handlers are any functions that you write to handle events.






5. Elements - #id tags - .classNames tag.className tag#id.className * all elements






6. Sliding effects is another way to reveal page elements. You can also toggle the slide animation - slideDown(speed, callback) - slideUp(speed, callback) - slideToggle(speed, callback)






7. selector - selector .class1.class2 - parent>child - ancestor descendant - prev+next - prev~siblings.






8. An instance is an individual example of a generic object.






9. When you create a web page and load it in a web browser it takes the document you have written and turns it into an object. Each HTML document loaded into a browser window becomes a Document object. So the DOM represents the web page that is currentl






10. Provides a pre-built set of functionality giving pages a nice look - Interactions: drag - drop - resize - selectable - sortable - Widgets: Accordian - datepicker - progressbar - dialog - slider - tabs - Effects: Add class - remove class - toggle clas






11. An object is a self contained collection of data which comes in two forms properties and methods. A property is a variable belonging to an object. A method is a function that the object can invoke. These properties and methods are all combined into o






12. The CSS positioning functions provide cross-browser way for figuring out the positions of elements - offset() - offsetParent() - position() - scrollTop() - scrollTop(val) - scrollLeft() - scrollLeft(val)






13. One of jQuery's most powerful features is its ability to chain multiple functions together to perform several operations in one line of code - $(selector) .fn1() .fn2() .fn3(); functions are executed in order.






14. Callback functions specify code that needs to run after the effect has finished. Not all but many methods accept callbacks. The callback function is called after the animation is 100% finished. The callback parameter is a function to be executed afte






15. To use these you would download the jqueryui and reference it.






16. jQuery can wrap existing content in the page - replace content - copy content and remove it - wrap(html) - wrap(element) - wrapAll(html) - wrapAll(element) - wrapInner(html) - wrapInner(element) - replaceWith(content) - replaceAll(selector) - empty()






17. Elements can be faded in and out or to a certain opacity. You can also control speed. fadeIn(speed, callback) - fadeOut(speed, callback) - fadeTo(speed, opacity, callback)






18. jQuery provides ways for working with events that is simpler than relying on the DOM. Makes it easy to assign event handlers to groups of elements by using selectors and filters - Binding/Unbinding - Unified Event Object - Convenience Features






19. To retrieve cross browser sizing information for elements - use the jQuery size-related CSS functions - height() - height(val) - width() - width(val) - innerHeight() - innerWidth( - outerHeight(margin) - outerWidth(margin)






20. Use jQuery's attr functions to inspect or change the value of an attribute on elements: attr(name) - attr(properties) - attr(key, value) - attr(key, fn) - removeAttr(name)






21. jQuery selectors return an array of objects that match the selection criteria. jQuery filters operate on a selector to further refine the results array that the selector returns as jquery objects.






22. Basic - Content - Visibility - Attribute - Child - Form.






23. Elements can be hidden immediately or over a specific period of time - show() - Displays element if they are hidden - show(speed, callback) - hide() - Hides the element - hide(speed,callback) - toggle() - Toggles display of matched element - toggle(s






24. jQuery provides a single object with the most important properties - type - Type of the event ("click", e.g.) - target - Element that issued event - data - data passed to bind function - pageX, pageY - result - timestamp - preventDefault() - isDefaul






25. jQuerys CSS functions provide easy - cross browser access for setting properties and working with positioning and sizing information. The css() function allows you to retrieve and set CSS styles for a set of matched elements. - Functions: css(name) -






26. jQuery library supplies basic animation and effects functions that perform common visual effects. ( showing/hiding - Fading in and out - Moving elements around the screen)






27. Events are connected and disconnected from elements using the bind() and unbind() functions - bind(event,data,handler) - $(selector) .bind(event, data, handler) - .unbind(event,handler) - $selector .unbind(event,handler)






28. Several "helper" functions can perform common event-related tasks - click(fn) - $(selector) .click(fn) - hover(fnOver, fnOut) - toggle(fn1, fn2, fn3, fn4...)






29. This is the jQuery object. $ ("document").ready(function () { Your Code }); This is where all of jQuery's functionality is accessed from.






30. jQuery provides several functions for inserting content into the document (DOM) before and after existing elements - append(content) - Appends after content inside - appendTo(selector) - prepend(content) - Appends before content inside - prependTo(se






31. $(selector) .one(type, data, handler) - $(selector) .trigger(event, data) - $(selector) .triggerHandler(event, data)






32. To create a custom animation for properties on page elements call the animate() function - animate(params, duration, easing, callback) - animate(params, options) - stop()