jQuery - Even Better than Expected!
I started by picking the great Tablesorter plugin which seemed to do everything I wanted. As a complete JavaScript n00b it took me about an hour to get the library, plug in and a couple of supporting plugins for providing paging and storing preferences in cookies setup and customized to lay out the way I wanted. For someone who knew some JavaScript, I'm sure it would have been a fifteen minute process.
The grid met my needs and the code was terse but readable. However, I've got to say that the more I read about the library the more I liked its philosophy. As a learning guide, I'm going to put together a simple "Intro to jQuery"" - I'd appreciate any input from anyone with a little more JavaScript experience, but I've got to say that so far it seems pretty cool (and it plays nicely with other frameworks and components like ext-js).
If you haven't already - I'd join the jQuery mailing list - it's very active, and there are quite a few ColdFusion people on the list. I've been using it for a few months now - mostly on existing sites. It's been a lifesaver!! I'm really looking forward to building a site from scratch where I can really leverage it from the start. It's made me really re-think how I use CSS. I also suck at Javascript but it's been really easy (with a bit of help from the mailing list) to pickup jQuery. I'd also recommend the book (which I really need to finish reading!!)...
What book?
They are also working on a reference book which may be out now as well.
http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/
This library also has a jQuery plugin interface coming soon if you are already using jQuery, but it isn't required. There are also more examples of code and no additional javascript is needed outside of including the js library.
http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials
http://www.learningjquery.com/
http://15daysofjquery.com/
API Browsers:
http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/
http://visualjquery.com/1.1.2.html
@Rey, Yep, that was me. Thanks for the help, and thanks for the great resources. As for the book, it's on the way!
Glad you're digging jQuery. And I'm especially happy to hear that you've bought the book. :-) Thanks!
Since Jim mentioned the jQuery Reference Guide, I thought I'd mention that it's available at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2nkreo">amazon.com</a> and at the <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/jquery-reference-guide-Ope...">publisher's site</a>.
Cheers!
Karl
You'll find the jQuery community similar to the CF community -- friendly, helpful and intelligent folks. Welcome to the club!