Things to consider jQuery Mobile takes your (properly formatted) HTML5 document, and makes it work well on a mobile device. However, there are some things you must consider to have a well running mobile website. No library will dynamically re-size, and display, images based upon how big your site is. (at least not yet –…
HTML 5 is still a work in progress. So changes are being made to both the specification, and even more so, how browsers support/interpret the specification. Key Features HTML5 adds some new features to HTML. This is because computers, and therefore browsers, can do more than the original HTML specification was designed to do. Here…
Let’s say we want to bring in external data into a webpage, without reloading a webpage. This happens all the time. Facebook for example continually checks to see if other people have entered information, and displays it to your feed to read. Other sites may do this as well, pulling in testimonials, new email, and…
“Installing” jQuery Mobile jQuery Mobile requires that you include several external files. This is the “Install” process. You will need to include your jQuery and jQuery Mobile external script files. You will also need to include an external CSS file for the theme. Your HTML pages will need to be formatted in a specific manner,…
Using the show/hide methods of jQuery are an easy and simple “animate” elements and appearing. This is beneficial when you want to expand options when a user selects a certain part on a form, or for accordion controls. However, the show/hide methods are instantaneous. Sometimes it is nice to move them in/out with an animation…
Easing is how the speed of the transition between CSS3 settings occurs. For example, is it linear – where the speed stays the same, or does it easeIn, where it starts slow, and progressively gets faster? There are over 30 different ways to ease into your next transition, and http://easings.net/ has a simple way of…
jQuery is a framework designed for front end development (user facing) and is built on top of JavaScript. It does not replace JavaScript. jQuery sits on top of JavaScript, and makes it easier to work with, especially where the browsers do things differently. You must include the jQuery framework in any HTML file you want…
