[jQuery] More jQuery Tutorials (was "unsuscribe")
Hi Jorn,
Your page is a well-written tutorial for its target audience: people who are already very comfortable with JavaScript and/or are skilled programmers.
But if your target audience is newbies -- particularly web designers who are just learning how to code -- it's too hard to read. Therefore it doesn't encourage newbies to start thinking in terms of using plugins right away. For example, the page begins:
jQuery offers a mechanism for adding in methods and functionality, bundled as plugins. Most of the methods and
functions included in the default download are written using the jQuery plugin construct.
Plugin writing comes in two steps. The first is writing any of your public methods and functions....
I showed this to the designer in my shop who is interested in learning JavaScript. His reaction was, "it's too complex." What he meant was, he doesn't know what methods, constructs, public methods, etc. are. Would he keep reading? Not likely.
I was suggesting a tutorial aimed at newbies that would encourage them to use plugins from the get-go. To do that, you'd language such as:
If you've just started using jQuery, you've probably tried out a few of the hundreds of jQuery plugins
that let you add powerful features to a website with almost no work on your part.
But writing plug-ins isn't just for uber-geeks. Plug-ins are a great way of bundling your own jquery code
so you can esily re-use it. If you're just learning jQuery, learning how to create your own plugins today
can save you a lot of pain and suffering down the line.
Best of all, writing jQuery plugins is a snap. Here's how.
Let's say you frequently want to...
Again, not a criticism of your original page. You were writing for a different audience.
Thanks,
Anders