Cesar Otero - Professional jQuery

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Professional jQuery

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To Kala.

Cesar Otero

This book is dedicated to my wife, Jude, for her support throughout this project.

Rob Larsen

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CESAR OTERO is a freelance web developer currently living in Mountain View, California. His technical interests include Python, Django, JavaScript, and jQuery. Cesar occasionally contributes articles to IBMs developer works. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.

ROB LARSEN has more than 12 years experience as a front-end engineer and team leader, building websites and applications for some of the worlds biggest brands. He is currently a Senior Specialist, Platform at Sapient Global Markets.

Prior to his time at Sapient, Rob spent time at Isobar, The Brand Experience, Cramer, and as an independent consultant. Over the course of his career, Rob has solved unique problems for clients like Adidas, Motorola, Philips, Reebok, Gillette, Bostons Museum of Science, State Street Corporation, and Harvard Kennedy School.

Rob is an active writer and speaker on web technology with a special focus on emerging standards like HTML5, CSS3, and the ongoing evolution of the JavaScript programming language. Hes also active in the open-source community, helping to bridge the gap between the front lines of web development and the people actively working on the tools that drive the web.

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

ANDREW MONTALENTI is a technologist with over a decade of experience in software engineering, and over eight years of experience in web application development. He is cofounder and CTO at Parse.ly, a tech startup that provides insights to the webs best publishers. He is also the founder and CEO of Aleph Point, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in large-scale text analysis, information retrieval, and UI design, with a focus on Python, Grails, and JavaScript web programming. He specializes in the rapid development of prototypes. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he was a technical lead and project manager for a small, super-bright team within a top-tier investment bank.

CREDITS

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Carol Long

PROJECT EDITOR

Ed Connor

TECHNICAL EDITOR

Andrew Montalenti

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Kathleen Wisor

COPY EDITOR

Kim Cofer

EDITORIAL MANAGER

Mary Beth Wakefield

FREELANCER EDITORIAL MANAGER

Rosemarie Graham

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

David Mayhew

MARKETING MANAGER

Ashley Zurcher

BUSINESS MANAGER

Amy Knies

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Tim Tate

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE GROUP PUBLISHER

Richard Swadley

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

Neil Edde

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Jim Minatel

PROJECT COORDINATOR, COVER

Katie Crocker

PROOFREADERS

Paul Sagan, Word One

Scott Klemp, Word One

INDEXER

Johnna VanHoose Dinse

COVER DESIGNER

LeAndra Young

COVER IMAGE

iStock / Andrew Rich

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MANY THANKS to Andrew Montalenti for taking on the technical editing, and, of course, the editors at Wiley, Carol Long and Edward Connor. A special thanks to Lynn Haller: without her, this project wouldnt have come together. Also, PJ Cabrera for both helping me kickstart my writing career and introducing me to jQuery.

Thanks to the Hacker Dojo for providing such an amazing coworking space, and to the dojo members who contributed input.