A good web development framework anticipates what you need to do and makes those tasks easier and more efficient; jQuery practically reads your mind. Developers of every stripe-hobbyists and professionals alike-fall in love with jQuery the minute they've reduced 20 lines of clunky JavaScript into three lines of elegant, readable code. This new, concise JavaScript library radically simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. "jQuery in Action," like jQuery itself, is a concise tool designed to make you a more efficient and effective web developer. In a short 300 pages, this book introduces you to the jQuery programming model and guides you through the major features and techniques you'll need to be productive immediately. The book anchors each new concept in the tasks you'll tackle in day-to-day web development and offers unique lab pages where you immediately put your jQuery knowledge to work. There are dozens of JavaScript libraries available now, with major companies like Google, Yahoo and AOL open-sourcing their in-house tools. This book shows you how jQuery stacks up against other libraries and helps you navigate interaction with other tools and frameworks. "jQuery in Action" offers a rich investigation of the up-and-coming jQuery library for client-side JavaScript. This book covers all major features and capabilities in a manner focused on getting the reader up and running with jQuery from the very first sections. Web Developers reading this book will gain a deep understanding of how to use jQuery to simplify their pages and lives, as well as learn the philosophy behind writingjQuery-enhanced pages.

Bear Bibeault，著名Web技術專傢。有30多年編程經驗。也是技術社區JavaRanch的核心人物之一。除本書外，他還和其他世界級Web專傢聯袂打造瞭聖經級巨著《Ajax實戰：實例詳解》和《Ajax實戰：Prototype與Scriptaculous篇》（均由人民郵電齣版社齣版）。

Yehuda Katz，著名Web技術專傢。jQuery插件開發團隊領導人，Merb等開源項目核心開發人員。他還維護著熱門網站VisualjQuery.com。