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Ryan Bates demonstrated how to build a form with nested attributes in Ruby on Rails with Prototype. This screencast demonstrates how to refactor that form into usage of jQuery. Watch this screencast

Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. Watch this screencast

jQTouch makes programming for mobile browsers fun! Simple HTML, CSS, and jQuery Javascript combine to make it easy to build applications for WebKit-based mobile browsers like the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and Palm webOS. The framework is sparsely documented, but after watching this 70 minute screencast you’ll have a firm understanding... Watch this screencast

by Geoffrey Grosenbach Two years in the making, it’s the PeepCode screencast on jQuery, the popular Javascript framework for developing web applications. jQuery stormed out of the gate and quickly won the hearts of developers. Its design and implementation make it easy for you to accomplish basic tasks. Extendability is... Watch this screencast

How to use Webrat and Selenium to test the parts of your application that rely on AJAX or some form of Javascript interaction with the user. Watch this screencast

Present a slick user interface for cropping image attachments using Jcrop and Paperclip. Watch this screencast

A few years back, I watched the Peepcode episode Ajax with Prototype.js. I thought it was the coolest thing ever!Compared to having to deal directly with XMLHttpRequest objects, it was so easy. But that was way back in 2007. Now, jQuery is where it’s at. And doing AJAX with jQuery... Watch this screencast

Creating plugins for jQuery is trivially easy and can help you: clean up your javascript in individual applications share re-used javascript between multiple applications share your snazzy jQuery voodoo with others! 1 $.fn.color = function(color){ 2 return this.each(function(){ 3 $(this).css('color', color); 4 }); 5 }; 6 7 $('a').color('red').css('font-weight', 'bold'); 8... Watch this screencast

In jQuery Essential Training, Microsoft professional Joe Marini presents the power of the jQuery library, an open-source JavaScript project that greatly simplifies the process of adding advanced functionality to web sites. Joe teaches how to use these new features to build pages that work across browsers with the functionality that... Watch this screencast

Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple jQuery plugin. Watch this screencast