Tech Day #2 – jQuery
So, it seems to have come around quickly, but I have arrived at the 2nd day of my reduced hours at work! This time around, I wanted to look at jQuery . I am really looking to specialise and get deeper in to web development, part of this is building on my knowledge of user experience . I am a huge fan of writing software for the user – not the client , TBH, I’m not even a fan, rather a zealot. Sure, we build software on behalf of a client, but the one who gets the pleasure (or pain) of working with the software is the user. Always put yourself in their shoes. Why jQuery? Part of creating a better user experience is to provide a better interface. It should be responsive, aesthetically pleasing and “just work”. Javascript has become a big part of this in the web world. Since the code executes on the client side (rather than the server ) there is no round-trip to the server, no page reload – it’s pretty seamless to the user. jQuery has [pretty rapidly] become the weapon of c...