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Hi,
What version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning decided to show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the introduction. For the introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but show me what's the real meat of the book? What does this book have that I can't find easily somewhere else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I love books and I buy lots of them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and discover that it's either almost obsolete when it comes out because 2 versions of the software came out before the book is in the stores or the book doesn't address much more than what's on the web site, hence the book publishing market shrinking.
Thanks
Fred
<div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com">wycats@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey guys,<div>
</div><div>I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over the past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the community. If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to let you know that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if it's EST or PST...).
</div><div>
</div><div>Get the book at: <span style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93</a></span></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br clear="all">
</span></font>Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off!</div><span class="sg"><div>
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325
</div>
</span></blockquote></div>

The book covers jQuery 1.2. The book got started pre-1.2, but we did a full-pass of the entire book to update it for 1.2. It also includes jQuery UI and livequery in Chapter 9, which are relatively new.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>Having done a ton of the research for the book, I can tell you that in addition to the book covering motivation (why the library does what it does) that you won't get anywhere else, there's a fair bit of material that was gleaned from a combination of disparate online documentation and reading the source code itself.
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>My favorite feature in this book is the "lab pages," which are online pages that allow you to experiment with concepts taught in the book. For instance, we have a selector lab that allows you to specify a selector, and see which elements are selected. The lab pages are tightly integrated into the book narrative, so you really get a lot of value in a format that is not available anywhere else.
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Also, the book has a number of full-chapter examples (Ajax comes to mind), which will help you tackle writing a full app start-to-finish, including minor issues that can get lost when writing a high-level overview. So check it out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :-D
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-- Yehuda</div><div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fred Janon</b> <<a href="mailto:fjanon@gmail.com">fjanon@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,
What version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning decided to show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the introduction. For the introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but show me what's the real meat of the book? What does this book have that I can't find easily somewhere else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I love books and I buy lots of them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and discover that it's either almost obsolete when it comes out because 2 versions of the software came out before the book is in the stores or the book doesn't address much more than what's on the web site, hence the book publishing market shrinking.
Thanks
<span class="sg">
Fred</span><div><span class="e" id="q_115f8fb0a361b359_2">
<div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
wycats@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
Hey guys,<div>
 </div><div>I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over the past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the community. If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to let you know that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if it's EST or PST...).
</div><div>
 </div><div>Get the book at: <span style="font-size:11px"><a href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93</a></span></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:11px"><br clear="all">
</span></font>Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off!</div><span><div>
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325
</div>
</span></blockquote></div>
</span></div></blockquote></div>
<br clear="all">
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325
</div>

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<DIV></DIV>The book covers jQuery 1.2. The book got started pre-1.2, but we did
a full-pass of the entire book to update it for 1.2. It also includes jQuery UI
and livequery in Chapter 9, which are relatively new.
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Having done a ton of the research for the book, I can tell you that in
addition to the book covering motivation (why the library does what it does)
that you won't get anywhere else, there's a fair bit of material that was
gleaned from a combination of disparate online documentation and reading the
source code itself. </DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>My favorite feature in this book is the "lab pages," which are online pages
that allow you to experiment with concepts taught in the book. For instance, we
have a selector lab that allows you to specify a selector, and see which
elements are selected. The lab pages are tightly integrated into the book
narrative, so you really get a lot of value in a format that is not available
anywhere else. </DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Also, the book has a number of full-chapter examples (Ajax comes to mind),
which will help you tackle writing a full app start-to-finish, including minor
issues that can get lost when writing a high-level overview. So check it out. I
think you'll be pleasantly surprised :-D </DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>-- Yehuda</DIV>
<DIV><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/31/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Fred
Janon</B> <<A href="mailto:fjanon@gmail.com">fjanon@gmail.com </A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<BR><BR>What
version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning decided to
show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the introduction. For the
introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but show me what's the real
meat of the book? What does this book have that I can't find easily somewhere
else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I love books and I buy lots of
them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and discover that it's either almost
obsolete when it comes out because 2 versions of the software came out before
the book is in the stores or the book doesn't address much more than what's on
the web site, hence the book publishing market shrinking.
<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><SPAN class=sg><BR>Fred</SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN class=e id=q_115f8fb0a361b359_2><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote><BR>On 11/1/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Yehuda
Katz</B> <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com" target=_blank> wycats@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hey
guys,
<DIV><BR> </DIV>
<DIV>I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over the
past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the community.
If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to let you know
that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if it's EST or
PST...). </DIV>
<DIV><BR> </DIV>
<DIV>Get the book at: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93"
target=_blank>
http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="'Lucida Grande'" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><BR
clear=all></SPAN></FONT>Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off!</DIV><SPAN>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>Yehuda Katz<BR>Web Developer | Procore
Technologies<BR>(ph)  718.877.1325
</DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Yehuda Katz<BR>Web Developer | Procore
Technologies<BR>(ph)  718.877.1325 </DIV></BODY></HTML>

<div>Thanks for the answer, Yehuda. Hopefully the discount is still good...</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Fred
 </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com">wycats@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The book covers jQuery 1.2. The book got started pre-1.2, but we did a full-pass of the entire book to update it for
1.2. It also includes jQuery UI and livequery in Chapter 9, which are relatively new.
<div>
 </div>
<div>Having done a ton of the research for the book, I can tell you that in addition to the book covering motivation (why the library does what it does) that you won't get anywhere else, there's a fair bit of material that was gleaned from a combination of disparate online documentation and reading the source code itself.
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>My favorite feature in this book is the "lab pages," which are online pages that allow you to experiment with concepts taught in the book. For instance, we have a selector lab that allows you to specify a selector, and see which elements are selected. The lab pages are tightly integrated into the book narrative, so you really get a lot of value in a format that is not available anywhere else.
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>Also, the book has a number of full-chapter examples (Ajax comes to mind), which will help you tackle writing a full app start-to-finish, including minor issues that can get lost when writing a high-level overview. So check it out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :-D
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>-- Yehuda</div>
<div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fred Janon</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:fjanon@gmail.com" target="_blank">fjanon@gmail.com </a>> wrote:
</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,
What version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning decided to show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the introduction. For the introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but show me what's the real meat of the book? What does this book have that I can't find easily somewhere else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I love books and I buy lots of them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and discover that it's either almost obsolete when it comes out because 2 versions of the software came out before the book is in the stores or the book doesn't address much more than what's on the web site, hence the book publishing market shrinking.
Thanks
<span>
Fred</span>
<div><span>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com" target="_blank"> wycats@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hey guys,
<div>
 </div>
<div>I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over the past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the community. If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to let you know that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if it's EST or PST...).
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>Get the book at: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93" target="_blank"> http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93
</a></span></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><br clear="all"></span></font>Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off!</div><span>
<div>
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325 </div></span></blockquote></div>
</span></div></blockquote></div>
<br clear="all">
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325 </div></blockquote></div>

<div>Ooops, coupon expired. Too bad, I wish I heard about it earlier.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Fred
 </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fred Janon</b> <<a href="mailto:fjanon@gmail.com">fjanon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div>Thanks for the answer, <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Yehuda</span>. Hopefully the discount is still good...</div>
<div><span class="e" id="q_115fb6ce3fd16464_1">
<div> </div>
<div>Fred
 </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com" target="_blank">wycats@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The book covers jQuery 1.2. The book got started pre-1.2, but we did a full-pass of the entire book to update it for
1.2. It also includes jQuery UI and livequery in Chapter 9, which are relatively new.
<div>
 </div>
<div>Having done a ton of the research for the book, I can tell you that in addition to the book covering motivation (why the library does what it does) that you won't get anywhere else, there's a fair bit of material that was gleaned from a combination of disparate online documentation and reading the source code itself.
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>My favorite feature in this book is the "lab pages," which are online pages that allow you to experiment with concepts taught in the book. For instance, we have a selector lab that allows you to specify a selector, and see which elements are selected. The lab pages are tightly integrated into the book narrative, so you really get a lot of value in a format that is not available anywhere else.
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>Also, the book has a number of full-chapter examples (Ajax comes to mind), which will help you tackle writing a full app start-to-finish, including minor issues that can get lost when writing a high-level overview. So check it out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :-D
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>-- Yehuda</div>
<div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fred Janon</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:fjanon@gmail.com" target="_blank">fjanon@gmail.com </a>> wrote:
</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,
What version of jQuery does the book cover? It would be nice if Manning decided to show an excerpt of another chapter (or part of) than the introduction. For the introduction, we can go to the jQuery web site, but show me what's the real meat of the book? What does this book have that I can't find easily somewhere else? Hard to tell from the Table of Contents. I love books and I buy lots of them, but it's getting hard to buy a book and discover that it's either almost obsolete when it comes out because 2 versions of the software came out before the book is in the stores or the book doesn't address much more than what's on the web site, hence the book publishing market shrinking.
Thanks
<span>
Fred</span>
<div><span>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yehuda Katz</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:wycats@gmail.com" target="_blank"> wycats@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hey guys,
<div>
 </div>
<div>I'm really proud of how well jQuery in Action has been selling over the past few weeks, and how much feedback I've been getting from the community. If you haven't gotten a chance to purchase it, I just wanted to let you know that the 30% off coupon code expires tonight (not sure if it's EST or PST...).
</div>
<div>
 </div>
<div>Get the book at: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93" target="_blank"> http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=485_93
</a></span></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><br clear="all"></span></font>Use coupon code JQM30 for 30% off!</div><span>
<div>
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325 </div></span></blockquote></div>
</span></div></blockquote></div>
<br clear="all">
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer | Procore Technologies
(ph)  718.877.1325 </div></blockquote></div>
</span></div></blockquote></div>