Design & Development Digest : jquery

Easy Web Overlays with Chardin

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:00 GMT

One of the most popular posts in April 2013 here at Website Magazine was about the Intro.JS jQuery plugin which enables users to create guided virtual introductions on their website. But Intro.js isn't the only available option; you might also want...(read more)

Tubular: Use YouTube Videos as Website Backgrounds

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:00 GMT

Delete that tired old static website background - and get Tubular ! The jquery plugin lets designers/developers use a YouTube video as a Webpage background - how cool is that? Now, I don't have any idea at all how or when this should be used (or if...(read more)

Simpler Checkout for Single Page Websites

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:40:00 GMT

Single-page site design is a popular Web trend, but it's not typically a good fit for those actually selling products. There are plenty of good examples where this style of design is used, but it's mainly for information publishers and digital...(read more)

Supersize Image-Based Websites

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so imagine how much you could convey on your website with an attractive, full-screen background slideshow. Well, you no longer just have to imagine it, thanks to the Supersized jQuery plugin that does just...(read more)

Lettering.js Ensures Truly Fontastic Web Designs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:45:00 GMT

A good font can make all of the difference between an attractive website that effectively communicates its message to visitors and one that, well, doesn’t do that. Unfortunately, at present, CSS doesn’t offer a complete down-to-the-letter...(read more)

Parallax Scrolling, Responsive Design Make Nice

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:40:00 GMT

Responsive design is top-of-mind these days for website owners and designers, alike. Plenty of developers are also talking about another hot new trend sweeping the Web known as parallax scrolling. If you haven’t heard, parallax scrolling is where...(read more)

Extend Image Value by Tagging with Rich Content

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:11:00 GMT

Image tagging is a popular new way to make pictures on a website more informative and engaging for users. Now, website owners and designers can bring that engagement to their own images with the iPicture jQuery plugin that allows users to create interactive...(read more)

Textillate Brings Back Text Animation

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00 GMT

You know what the Web needs? That’s right… more animated text! If you’re looking to add some motion to the copy on your website, be it as simple as page headings or vital as custom call out sections on landing pages, consider the use...(read more)

jQuery Plugins for Increasing Interaction

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT

There is one thing that every website, no matter what kind it may be, always wants to see: more user interactions. However, despite the universal desire to increase interaction on one’s website, the route that each designer and/or developer takes...(read more)

Fetch Instagram Photos with Spectagram

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT

Instagram is wildly popular among Web users these days and as you might expect, developers - and marketers, of course - are looking for creative, interesting and inspiring ways to leverage the photo sharing service for their own benefit. Spectragram ...(read more)

10 Mind-Blowing jQuery Plugins for Developers

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:30:00 GMT

The JavaScript-based coding language jQuery is popular among many Web developers because it allows them to incorporate a variety of interactive effects it allows them to incorporate in their websites without requiring as much of the elaborate coding of...(read more)

Make a Flipbook Magazine with Turn.js

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:03:00 GMT

Your average Web user is looking for richer and more engaging interactions within their digital experience. That is challenging on both creative and technical levels but there are solutions emerging which make quick work of a more demanding environment...(read more)

Gridster.js – Drag-and-Drop Multi-Column Grid

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:38:00 GMT

Always being on the lookout for the next great trend in Web design leads us down some rather interesting paths. Our most recent discovery will likely be the coolest thing you’ll see today – Gridster.js – a drag-and-drop multi-column...(read more)

HOT: What's Inside jQuery 1.8

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:47:00 GMT

A new version of jQuery has been released (v1.8) - and just nine short months since jQuery 1.7 was made available. What lucky designers and developers we are! With a smaller code size (approximately 100 bytes smaller than 1.7.2) and with more than 160...(read more)

Try jquip for lighter weight code

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:53:00 GMT

Developers have welcomed new version of jQuery and jQuery mobile the past few weeks, but they are also being slowly introduced to another project worthy of their attention in jquip.

While many developers value the small size of jQuery (which is at just over 32KB), jquip or jQuery-in-Parts, is even smaller.

The core jquip.js is only 4.28KB (minified and gzipped) which is only 13% of the size of jQuery. The best part however is that jquip has 90% of the good parts of jQuery including the main $(selector), DOM traversal (eq, first, last, slick, prev, next, etc) and DOM modification methods (append, prepend, remove), and well as CSS class modification methods, event methods and utility functions. jquip also has a modular architecture so other jQuery facilities will be available as plugins which can be included as required.

With the push towards more nimble, lightweight code, jquip will likely be warmly embraced by developers interested in trimming the fat, particuarly in the age of smartphones.