In looking at, and using, jQuery Mobile, I noticed how much simpler it is for designers, than jQuery UI. jQuery UI requires that you write some code for almost every task, while, jQuery Mobile looks at how the system is being used, and what classes have been assigned to some elements.

With that idea in mind, I’ve started working on a library which will provide some of the same automated functionality to jQuery. It would be an extra file to load, but would simplify using jQuery UI immensely, for those who have limited coding experience.

I am currently testing the process. So far I have it working in IE9+, FireFox, and Chrome on the PC. I will be running additional tests on additional browsers, and additional features, but releasing an initial version in the next few days I hope.

Making jQuery UI easier for Designers was originally found on Access 2 Learn

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Walter Wimberly is an Assistant Professor at a regional college in Tennessee, teaching Computer Science in the Software Engineering track. He works as a student advisor, oversees curriculum changes, develops new courses, and manages the advisory panel.
Walter taught full time for about 7 years, before going back into “industry” as a full stack Software Developer for a dozen years. There he focused on web based projects coding in JavaScript/jQuery and utilizing the Bootstrap CSS Framework on the front-end, and coding in PHP, ASP/ASP.Net, SQL on the back-end.

Since he loves teaching, he taught as an adjunct web and digital media classes for eight (8) years, while working in industry, and has since returned to teaching full time.

He has been married for over 25 years, and is father to several special needs boys. As such, he is working on some projects to help others who have special needs to be self-sufficient, and support the care givers of those with special needs. Check out his Autism blog for more info.

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