--- title: "jQuery Blogs" description: "BigBinary blog posts in the jQuery category." canonical_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/jquery" markdown_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/jquery.md" --- # jQuery Blogs BigBinary blog posts in the jQuery category. ## Posts ### jquery-ujs and jquery trigger [jquery-ujs and jquery trigger](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-ujs-and-jquery-trigger) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 11, 2012 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how to make AJAX calls using jquery-ujs. Also discusses why event object is needed which is often the cause of error with lot of code. ### An inline confirmation utility powered by jQuery [An inline confirmation utility powered by jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/iconfirm-an-inline-confirmation-jquery-plugin) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses an inline confirmation utility developed using jQuery. ### Return false has changed in jquery 1.4.3 [Return false has changed in jquery 1.4.3](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/return-false-in-jquery-1.4.3) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 25, 2010 - Categories: jQuery The behavior of return false has changed in jQuery 1.4.3. This blog discusses what changed. ### List of only the elements that contains [List of only the elements that contains](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/list-of-only-the-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: April 12, 2010 - Categories: jQuery How to effectively search for a string in DOM elements. This blog discusses jQuery technique. ### return false considered harmful in live [return false considered harmful in live](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/return-false-considered-harmful-in-live-jquery) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 10, 2010 - Categories: jQuery If you return false in live operation of jQuery a few unexpected things can happen. See this blog for details. ### Simplest jQuery slideshow code explanation [Simplest jQuery slideshow code explanation](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/simplest-jquery-slideshow-code-explanation) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 18, 2010 - Categories: jQuery Building slideshow using jQuery could take a bit of code. This is probably the simplest jQuery slideshow code you would see in action. ### How jQuery selects elements using Sizzle [How jQuery selects elements using Sizzle](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-jquery-selects-elements-using-sizzle) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 15, 2010 - Categories: jQuery jQuery uses Sizzle to selects elements. But how exactly it works. How jQuery gets the elements I want. This blog deep dives into jQuer internals to see how jQuery selects the elements based on provided selectors. ### jQuery edge delegate method has arrived [jQuery edge delegate method has arrived](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-edge-delegate-method-has-arrived) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery jQuery delegate method can be used instead of live. In many cases it is desirable to use delegate over live. This blog discusses how delegate works and why it is preferred over live. ### Understanding jQuery effects queue [Understanding jQuery effects queue](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-jquery-effects-queue) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how jQuery effects queue works. ### jQuery fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements [jQuery fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-fadeto-method-fades-even-the-hidden-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 29, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how jQuery's fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements and the impact of it. ### jQuery show method edge case [jQuery show method edge case](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-show-method-edge-case) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 29, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses an edge case with jQuery's show method. ### How animate really works in jQuery [How animate really works in jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-animate-really-works-in-jquery-simple-animation-case-discussed) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 25, 2010 - Categories: jQuery A deep dive into how jQuery pulls of animation tricks. ### JSON parsing natively in jQuery 1.4 and updates [JSON parsing natively in jQuery 1.4 and updates](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/handling-json-parsing-natively-in-jquery-1-4-and-what-changed-from-jquery-1-3) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 15, 2010 - Categories: jQuery Starting with jQuery 1.4 JSON will be parsed natively. This blog looks at the impact it will have. ### How jQuery 1.4 fixed rest of live methods [How jQuery 1.4 fixed rest of live methods](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-jquery-1-4-fixed-rest-of-live-methods) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 14, 2010 - Categories: jQuery When jQuery live was introduced it did not support all elements. Support for those elements came in jQuery 1.4. This blog looks at how jQuery 1.4 provided support for the remaining elements. ### Calling a method on a jQuery collection [Calling a method on a jQuery collection](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/hidden-feature-of-jquery-calling-a-method-on-a-jquery-collection) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 12, 2010 - Categories: jQuery How do you invoke a method on a jQuery collection. ### Use end more often in jQuery while building DOM elements [Use end more often in jQuery while building DOM elements](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/use-end-more-often-in-jquery-while-building-dom-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 11, 2009 - Categories: jQuery In jQuery we chain operations but we can also use end to backtrack a bit. This allows us to chain even more. ### livequery in jQuery [livequery in jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-live-method-works-in-jquery-why-it-does-not-work-in-some-cases-when-to-use-livequery) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 14, 2009 - Categories: jQuery jQuery's live method is amazing. But how it does really work internally. This blog looks at how jQuery pulls off this magic. ### Wrapping functions with self invoking jQuery [Wrapping functions with self invoking jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/wrap-your-function-with-self-invoking-jquery-instead-of-performing-find-replace) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 3, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Wrap your function with self invoking jQuery instead of performing find/replace. ### Understanding this in Javascript object literal [Understanding this in Javascript object literal](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-this-in-javascript-object-literal) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 6, 2009 - Categories: jQuery this is an important concept in JavaScript and meaning of this could be hard to understand in some cases. This blog take a look at what this is. ### jQuery custom events [jQuery custom events](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-custom-events) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 31, 2009 - Categories: jQuery What are jQuery custom events. How to build them. How to use them. This blog discusses all that and much more. ### jQuery base code to create a jQuery plugin [jQuery base code to create a jQuery plugin](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-base-code-to-create-a-jquery-plugin) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 24, 2009 - Categories: jQuery If you are creating a jQuery plugin then this base code will get you started. ### Inspecting jQuery internals and storing information [Inspecting jQuery internals and storing information](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-data-for-inspecting-jquery-internals-and-for-storing-information) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 23, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Use jQuery.Data for inspecting jQuery internals and for storing information. ### Event propagation and peventDefault [Event propagation and peventDefault](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/event-propagation-and-peventdefault) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 20, 2009 - Categories: jQuery DOM propagates events and JavaScript can intercept those events and can act on it. Concepts like preventDefault in jQuery could be confusing. This blog discusses that. ### Functional scope in Javascript [Functional scope in Javascript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/functional-scope-in-javascript-and-how-javascript-continues-to-surprise-me) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 30, 2009 - Categories: jQuery What is functional scope. This blog discusses that in the context of JavaScript. ### JS tip - Avoiding polluting the global namespace [JS tip - Avoiding polluting the global namespace](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/javascript-tip-do-not-pollute-global-namespace-with-utility-functions) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 18, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Polluting global namespace is not good. This blog presents a better technique. ### jQuery Plugin Pattern & self-invoking javascript function [jQuery Plugin Pattern & self-invoking javascript function](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-jquery-plugin-pattern-and-self-invoking-javascript-function) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 13, 2009 - Categories: jQuery I am learning jQuery and one of things I was struggling with is the plugin pattern. In jQuery world it is very common to wrap the major functionality of the application inside a plugin. This blog discusses how to write a good modular plugin. ## Links - [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/jquery)