Intro to jQuery

Have you learned about HTML and CSS and are ready to start building more interactivity into your websites? In this afternoon workshop, we will introduce jQuery, a popular JavaScript library for making webpages interactive and animated! jQuery is a small but powerful library that is used by companies like Google, Amazon and WordPress and on over 65% of the top 10,000 web sites. It is a must-have for any web developer's toolbox.

What we'll cover:

• Why use jQuery?
• Downloading & including the jQuery library
• The jQuery function and its shorthand, $
• Selecting/Modifying HTML elements
• Hiding, showing, and animating elements
• Plugins - what they are and how they help
• jQuery UI widgets

Prerequisites:

Please take this very brief quiz (http://elitepeers.com/gdi/jquery-intro/quiz.html). At the end of the quiz, you will get a completion code that will be requested during class registration.

Having a familiarity with the barest scripting basics (functions, variables, data types) will be helpful. We will cover how these are used in jQuery, but we won't include an in-depth introduction to programming. You should also have a solid working knowledge of HTML and CSS, especially CSS selectors.

You will need:

• Your laptop with a text editor and a modern browser installed

About the teacher:

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Ivana is a front-end developer at WebLinc where she uses HTML, CSS, and Javascript to build custom sites for clients. She graduated from Boston University with a BA in International Relations and minor in Computer Engineering, but when she realized that world peace was better suited as a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, she became involved with GDI -- first as a student, and now as a teacher. In her free time, you can find Ivana dancing and baking (sometimes, at the same time) or enjoying a table top game (Settlers of Catan, anyone?). Ivana is an official Pokemon Master, a Doctor Who/BBC fanatic, and can dish out obscure quotes and references like ninja stars. You can find this hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams on twitter @ivanaveliskova

Unemployed or in financial distress and interested in taking this class? Apply for a scholarship (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRJNXNIYmJ0Mkk1WmxzZUUyN29faUE6MQ#gid=0).

All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (http://www.girldevelopit.com/codeofconduct).

Questions about the class or interested in being a TA for this class? Contact elise at girldevelopit.com