First up, an apology for not being able to get the September article released. September was the peak of my work load (working evenings and weekends for a long while) and poor old J4D slipped by. Sorry all!
So, before I ask for your opinion on what's next - the next screencast will be covering animations (of sorts), fundamentally similar to the jQuery Coda Slider, but being used in completely different ways - this should be online next week.
Next Up
I've been thinking about the next lot of tutorials, and I've been thinking about introducing two new 'series' of screencasts, in addition to the existing request based tutorials:
- Playschool for jQuery
- Learning the jQuery API
Obviously I'd still accept requests and still try to mix it up a bit.
Playschool for jQuery (though the term/name may change) would be for absolute noobs and I'd try my best to keep it really simple and very much as a first time introduction to jQuery and JavaScript. However, it's a bit of a risk, since it relies almost entirely on you, the reader, to point your newbie colleague to this web site.
The second would be a small section of the API chosen depending on demand or interest, and dipped in to. They will be designed to be short and sweet, and even accompany the API if possible. Ajax is a easy example to think of, but then we could look at the global Ajax functions, etc.
Let me know what you think. Good idea? Bad idea? Any other/better ideas?
October 3, 2008 at 17:02
I would love to see more focus object oriented ways of using jQuery. But all-in-all thanks for all your hard work!
October 3, 2008 at 17:24
Dive into the Ajax API is a very good idea.
October 3, 2008 at 17:34
If you're going to do parts of the API then the whole prependTo, prepend, append, appendTo always baffles me. Add in that the clone() method.
October 3, 2008 at 20:25
you should definetly include the playschool for jquery... also a cool jquery gallery (not lightbox) would be cool too
October 3, 2008 at 22:07
I'd love the API part alot, especially if you could get deeper into the functions of pulling data from databases/php files in realtime using ajax/jquery!
October 4, 2008 at 02:44
I'm looking forward to 'Playschool' ;)
October 4, 2008 at 03:26
+1 for AJAX
October 4, 2008 at 07:07
Can't wait for the Playschool article! I'm your noob!
This site is wonderful.
October 4, 2008 at 10:13
Thank you for those screencasts, When those screencasts will be published?
October 4, 2008 at 10:38
Excellent ideas! Also I'd like to see more UI screencasts...
October 4, 2008 at 14:25
i am not so sure if it is a good idea... i love your tutorials because they are simple (and explained) enough to understand every single detail even without being a jquery/javascript/css/html guru, achieving at the same time quite sophisticated results! i think there are plenty of other resources for learning jquery from scratch out there, but very few offering as good stuff as J4D, until now at least...
October 4, 2008 at 21:36
ur vids are awesome, id like to see some more advanced jquery :), thats how U get links from sites like smashingmagazine, there is enough tutorials for noobies out there, just google it :S
October 5, 2008 at 15:20
I think it's an excellent idea to do some more deep diving into the API.
I find that at the moment there are alot of good resources for beginners so personally i would like to see more advanced concepts being explained.
I only got into jQuery about 2 months ago and i've found this site among many others do a great job already at introducing us beginners to this library.
Thank you for your fantastic work.
October 5, 2008 at 21:48
Another one for playschool ...
October 6, 2008 at 08:43
I would like to watch lots of UI screencasts :) Thank you
October 6, 2008 at 09:11
I definitely think that both are a great idea. While I use jQuery for everything and am dying to get deeper into the API, I am also newly self taught in all things javascript and am sure there are basics that I never learnt that I would find very useful.
Thanks for your great tuts.
October 6, 2008 at 15:07
I can't wait for playschool!! Bring on the complete noob tutorials. Like a lot of folks designing on the net, I am self taught, and all I need is to understand the basics (which I don't) and I will take it from there. Your blog is the best out on the web for quality tutorials and great screencasts! Way to go.
October 6, 2008 at 20:21
I'm interested in how to do a couple of (related) things
1) the 'mobile me calendar click and drag to create event' effect
2) multiple instances of widgets (such as above) which a user dynamically creates
October 7, 2008 at 09:40
Playschool sounds great for a newbie like me :)
October 9, 2008 at 02:58
Thanks for all the work!! Please keep the information coming!
October 11, 2008 at 00:16
Playschool is a great idea....
October 11, 2008 at 18:18
i love your site ^^ perhaps i will submit some ideas one day ... thanks for your work
October 13, 2008 at 11:47
I like the idea of the two different tuition sections. I agree with others that there are lots of tutorials out there for beginners - so having a section focusing on more advanced jQuery techniques would be great.
October 13, 2008 at 22:58
I would prefer the more sophisticated tutorials, like the ones you have been giving, but I can see how that might be difficult to come up with something that slick and new each month, let alone week.
So playschool interims would be nice.
I think the answer is 'Yes, please!'
October 15, 2008 at 08:35
Please, please Playschool.
October 15, 2008 at 13:52
Another vote for Playschool.
Thanks!
October 16, 2008 at 10:26
+1 for AJAX and looking forward to Playschool, woohoo
October 26, 2008 at 04:32
Yes, Yes , Yes!!! You Should include the absolute n00b series for n00bs like me.