Part 2. jQuery UI
In the first part of this book, focusing on the jQuery core library, we made a big deal about how easy it is to extend jQuery. And we were correct to do so, because the ease with which jQuery can be extended is a big deal. And nowhere is it more evident than in the official plugins, the score of available unofficial plugins, and the companion library: jQuery UI.
jQuery UI builds upon the foundation laid by the capabilities of the core library to give us high-level user interface constructs, focused on creating great and intuitive UIs.
We’ll start by learning how the library can be obtained and configured—it’s not quite as simple as just copying a single file, as we were able to do with the core library. Then we’ll take a ...
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