This jQuery for beginners course provides a complete guide to web-based development using this Javascript library that allows unprecedented functionality and graphical effects. With hands-on training from expert author and web designer Craig Buckler, you'll learn the internal structure of the jQuery library and see how you can create functional animations, utilities and effects according to current web standards. Though it was created in 2006, jQuery is already being used by more than 50 percent of the most popular sites online and is only growing. In this jQuery tutorial, you'll learn how to harness its power to your own advantage, first looking at basic chaining, selectors and events, and also going into more sophisticated HTML5, AJAX and plugin features. This jQuery course is designed for beginners. You'll learn everything you need to harness jQuery's full potential.