Learning jQuery and Getting Better at Javascript [closed]

Question

over the last couple of years I've seen jquery grow leaps and bounds. And every time I look at some jquery code I feel there is something I am missing which I need to learn. I've given their documentation a try, and it seems to be ok for basic stuff.

Can you guys suggest a good jquery book that might help? I'm looking for something that doesnt go much in depth into the theory part of jquery but actually does and shows examples of how to do all the cool stuff.

Back in the days when I was in school, I never cared for JS, CSS, HTML ...but now that after 3 years after school I see myself doing a lot of server side web development. I want to learn these technologies.

Answer 1

I think you would be better at learning javascript first and from there you can learn its libraries like jQuery. Book I would recommend would be JQuery in Action, its the best IMO and recently I found a link that makes the first chapter free online just to give you a little taste. Trust me worth the buy

Answer 2

I think you'd be best off by learning JavaScript first. Learning a library without the background knowledge is going to leave you high and dry at the worst possible times.

Besides, you'll appreciate jQuery that much more when you realize you can accomplish in 1 line what used to take 50. :)