How jQuery is Killing Flash + jQuery Tutorials & Plugins to Beat Up Flash Animations
In 1996, Macromedia released their product called Macromedia Flash which is a vector-based animation platform. With Flash, web designers were now able to create animations using a timeline and vector design tools as a video. Furthermore, Flash was and still is a great solution for web designers to provide visitors smooth view in such small file size. The only thing that web surfers need to enjoy the sites using flash is to install Macromedia Flash Player.
However, with the arrival of JavaScript in 1997, there has been a war between Flash and JavaScript because Flash was afraid JavaScript would one day replace them with all the animation it supports. Why? Because a ton of JavaScript frameworks are becoming increasingly popular as a result of their high scalability, performance and usability. Some include jQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us, Prototype, among others but especially jQuery, as of late.
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and AJAX interactions for rapid web development. Although you may have enough Javascript skills to build your own Javascript code, using jQuery instead of can simplify the process (think hundreds of lines vs. a few lines of jQuery). Furthermore, there are thousands of plugins for jQuery published and large community support for this project. jQuery deserves being the heaviest competitor with Flash.
Learning jQuery: Your First jQuery Plugin, “BubbleUP”
Update: The icons used in this tutorial can be found free here.
There are many posts available detailing how to write your own jQuery plugin. It won’t take long before you realize that building in jQuery is very simple. Continuing in our jQuery Learning Series, here we’re going to build your first jQuery plugin. It’ll generate a bubble effect for your menu list and we’re going to call it BubbleUP.
What is BubbleUP? BubbleUP is a fun and easy plugin to get you started in jQuery. The effect is a nice starting point for learning the basics and many of the steps involved in creating other more intricate plugins you will make in the future. With this plugin, images in a list will enlarge with a smooth animation when you move your mouse over it. Then, if you move the mouse out, it will reset to the original size with the same smooth animation.
Top Worthwhile Tutorials of the Week – #3
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How to Pull Your Google Buzz with jQuery
So you just got into Google Buzz few days ago and would like to embed your buzz stream into a website yourself. Here are a few jQuery lines to help you get started.
Top Worthwhile Tutorials of the Week – #2
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20 Best Twitter-likes And Useful Tutorials To Work With Twitter
Twitter is awesome and what Twitter are doing is great. Twitter is not only a necessary service for our communication, our business…, but also its design and features have a big influence to our web design and development. People are getting develop their web project more like Twitter. This post will help you find 20 best tutorials and resources that are Twitter-like and useful for your web projects.
5 Fresh jQuery Plugins Make You Love Your HTML Forms More
Working with HTML forms is really a nightmare because your forms always mess up. This post includes 5 newest and useful jQuery plugins that help you work with HTML forms better and love them more. Enjoy the post in the series of jQuey plugins that is always fresh and useful.
Don’t Miss Out Latest 10 jQuery Plugins Before Closing The Year 2009
There are some posts mention the lastest jQuery plugins in 2009 around the web, but there are still some jQuery plugins that haven’t been refered. This entry is in jQuery Plugins series that I love to give my readers fresh and useful plugins for inspiration. Enjoy the newest and the latest 10 fresh and helpful jQuery plugins in this series before closing the year 2009.
Popular-on-Twitter Widget jQuery Plugin
Another Topsy-enabled jQuery plugin to list the most popular posts on your website, from your Twitter timeline or for some keyword within a selected period of time.
5 New Useful jQuery Plugins For Your Next Projects
This entry is in jQuery Plugins series that the readers love very much. Today, I would like to recommend you 5 new and useful jQuery Plugins that you should consider using for your next projects. Check out other posts in this series if you want more enjoyment.
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