The jQuery Cookbook

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“The jQuery Cookbook”

1. Ara Bruno December 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

   Because I need to develop my sweet jquery skills to be more like you! 😉

2. iPad December 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   I’m in need! I really want to master jQuery and this book will help me A LOT!

3. Shane December 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   I need this book because I like jQuery, and I’m not allergic to ferrets.

   By the way, it’s ‘sentence’ 🙂

4. Cedric Dugas December 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

   I would like to have the book to get better coding technics and become a better jQuery developer

   😛

5. Dave E December 8th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

   If I win and you send me a copy, will you autograph it?
   That way I can make a bundle of money selling it on eBay when you are (more) famous!
   Plus, I really need to make a start with jQuery as I’m doing everything the hard way (by hand) right now.

6. Mathias Bynens December 8th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

   I’d love to have this book because it has a ferret on it that looks like a Japanese dragon and I would use the book to code a ferret like that using jQuery.

   Totally.

7. Dave E December 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

   I was referring to coding by the way!
   Oh god, I’ll shut up now…

8. James December 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

   @shane, thanks for the correction 🙂

   @everyone, great comments so far!

9. Philip Zaengle December 8th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

   Congrats on the book! No small accomplishment. I’d love a copy, but even if you don’t toss one my way I’ll probably buy one. Although, according to my wife I buy too many books, and my book budget for 2010 is already spent :).

10. Evan December 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    I need this book because all my other javascript books were outdated before I purchased them.

11. Travis December 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Because I work with Ralph Whitbeck and he’s too cheap to buy me one or give me one of his free copies, jerk!

    (Ralph told me to say that!)

12. Stepan Reznikov December 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    I guess it’ll be impossible to buy this book in Russia, but I really need it, because jQuery is my main working tool, and I definitely want to improve my knowledge of it.

13. Sean O December 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    I’d like a copy as I’ve been coding with jQuery for years now, but would love to learn how to cook with it as well.

14. Mark McDonnell December 8th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    I know that I will learn a whole lot from your chapter alone! as nearly everything you write is well thought out, efficient, good code. If I can get just a snip of that action I’ll be a better developer.

15. Jon Erickson December 8th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    Because I want to learn from the best. And have more ninja developer skills.

16. Edwin Martin December 8th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    I really need a book like this, because even after working with jQuery on several projects, I still learn new aspects of jQuery and I’m sure there’s so much more to learn.

17. Sander Aarts December 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    Ik hope you will give a copy to Mathias, so I can maybe borrow it from him -when he organizes the first Belgian Fronteers meeting- and become a better jQuery plugin developer 😉

18. Damian Nicholson December 8th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    I feel that I’ve got a basic understanding of jQuery but I don’t know whether I’m applying any best practices. Because of this I’d really like to take my jQuery skills to the next level by learning from the pro’s.

19. Samuel Clay December 8th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    James –

    I would love a copy of this book. You amy remember me from this comment on your Highlighting Text with Javascript post: https://j11y.io/javascript/highlighting-text-with-javascript/#comment-2299.

    I could certainly use the book when working on NewsBlur, an intelligence RSS feed reader: http://www.newsblur.com. It’s all jQuery, but this book would be a lovely source.

    Cheers,
    Sam

20. Roger Roelofs December 8th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    I need the book because I just trashed my copy of the Neetscape 4 DOM reference and I need something to fill the space 🙂 Seriously, I’m a bookaholic and love jQuery. If you don’t want to mail overseas, I will completely understand.

21. Brian Lang December 8th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    I need this book to improve my JQuery. Badly.

22. kevin December 8th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    I would really love this book to expand on my knowledge of jquery.

23. Diego Tres December 8th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    I just want to leave the cow…

24. Maciej Ziehlke December 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Hi, I would like to get one as well. Why? I just love jQuery and O’Reillys book are just the best.

25. Dean Lawrence December 9th, 2009 at 12:13 am

    James, the book sounds great! I’ve been working with JQuery for a while now, but have really only scratched the surface. Would love to get a better understanding of using it to it’s full potential.

26. Dimitris December 9th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    I think this will make my life a lot of easier…

27. Palle Zingmark December 9th, 2009 at 12:33 am

    I need some new inspiration and knowledge, my MooTool Soup and Prototype Casserole is getting tacky. Please help.

28. Keith Harvey December 9th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Things have been tough for me, and I just can’t afford to buy books anymore. I absolutely love jQuery and I want to be a thought leader and evangelist here at work.

    Thanks for your consideration!

29. Jeff December 9th, 2009 at 1:24 am

    Not only would this book be a great read, but also a great reference for a new web developer like myself, especially because the company I work for primarily uses jQuery, and seems to be coming an industry favorite.

30. Wolke Lin December 9th, 2009 at 2:56 am

    For the correspondence principle,
    so you have to give me ,
    because I am a only one ,Asian,Taiwaness.

    ha!
    just kidding!

    Because I am your top fan ,
    is this excuss enough to get this book for free?(I could pay the fright)

    come on!
    guys!
    This is a book not only can make my JQuery skills better, also can make my English better,I think you can see that!
    ya! my English is not good enough,but if you give it to me , I would try my best
    to write a reading reporter (Eng.) on my blog!
    and hope you can understand what I want to say , and how much I really want this book!
    Thank you /^.^/

31. Louis December 9th, 2009 at 3:14 am

    James, great offer. I need this book because I spend way too much time coding raw JavaScript, and I need a kick in the pants to stop reinventing the wheel! 🙂

    Thanks!

32. Ben Garnett December 9th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Trying to persude my coworkers to adopt jquery, standards, and HTML5 instead of no-doctype quicksmode. I could use some practical examples.

33. Eberth December 9th, 2009 at 3:45 am

    I would like a copy of this book, it would help me a lot with my jQuery learning curve.

34. Ben Garnett December 9th, 2009 at 4:00 am

    Trying to get my coworkers to adopt jquery, html5, and standards. Some practical examples from this book might help.

35. 9swords December 9th, 2009 at 4:12 am

    Going to leave a word here to try my luck. I could use some more learning. I should have created a plug in by now, maybe the book could help me get there.

36. Win December 9th, 2009 at 4:43 am

    because i’m learning it and i want to learn from the experts.

37. Jared December 9th, 2009 at 4:59 am

    I’m really new to jquery and just starting to get into web development in general (from a mostly Linux/Unix app background). I’m really interested in getting more jquery knowledge, but sometimes it’s not so easy to learn from snippets on the web. Learning a language/framework piecemeal by gleaning from shiny components and plugins isn’t really efficient.

38. frontendcoder December 9th, 2009 at 5:12 am

    var freeBook = function() { plea : function(name) { return name + "sucks at javascript. Hopefully " + name + " can master jquery"; } } james.brain.load = freeBook.plea("frontendcoder");

39. Oleg Moskalensky December 9th, 2009 at 5:51 am

    Theoretically you could give the book to someone else. But then again – why? If you give it to me – you won’t have to worry about giving it to anyone else. Logical? Perhaps biased? As you can see – I need the book to philosophize using Jquery. Isn’t it obvious? 🙂

40. Can Berkol December 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am

    I will probably give it away to some university student who cannot afford it. I already have someone in my mind who studies here: http://www.boun.edu.tr/index_eng.html . He is a master’s student with full scholarship.

41. Bart December 9th, 2009 at 8:59 am

    I would like a copy to see all the little tips from the pro’s and learn from it. Thanks!

42. rana December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 am

    I am working on jquery & interested to learn more about this. If I get this ebook, that will be very much helpfull to me. I live in such a country(bangladesh), where this kind of online shopping are not easy enough like other countries. Hope to win 🙂

43. Peter Lindqvist December 9th, 2009 at 9:37 am

    You wrote a book? I’ve got to get my hands on it! 🙂

44. Strx December 9th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    (function(){alert(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).reverse().join(' '));})('please','book,','that','me','send');

45. cryothic December 9th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    I would like such a book very much. I convinced my employer to use jQuery in stead of Prototype for front-end purposes. We could use the extra information.

46. Beppe December 9th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    = A worship for a book =

    Encourage me, as I hate Javascript; feeling
    Crippled when I work with it, succeeding
    Mostly because I read your code tips.
    And then I happen to love it:
    Scripting JQuery.
    Common standards implementing
    Restful webservices I shall follow,
    Inspired by your example:
    Please send me this book, and I shall be
    Thankful for all eternity.

    (PS: I love acrostics 😛 .)

47. Jeferson Koslowski December 9th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    (function(){   var bookName = document.getElementById('content').getElementsByTagName('a')[2].textContent;   alert('I want this book - ' + bookName + ' - because i will be able to rewrite this function in a much more simple and cross-browser way!');   })();

    2 lines of code counts as 2 sentences, right? 🙂

    Cheers,
    Jeferson

48. mikemc December 9th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Would love a copy of this book. Have a project at work that I need to implement jQuery in and trying to wrap my head on how best to implement without overdoing it.

    Thanks for the consideration,
    Mike

49. Russ cam December 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    I’m in the process of evangelizing jQuery and the more professionally coded solutions to known problems that I can show to people, the easier the message to spread will be 🙂

    Keep up the good work J-P!

50. redsquare December 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    My plea here

51. Mike December 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    Recently made the transition from Prototype to jQuery and love it. Wouldn’t look back. Could use this book to further familiarize myself with the framework and add to my productivity with it.

52. Jamie December 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    I’d love a copy of this book so I can fill all my future websites with fluorescent flashing scrolling blinking stuff that end users will enjoy! 😉

53. Syndrael December 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    It would be almost a great honour to get YOUR cookbook.. You’re one of the contributors. That proves your high level knowledge..
    I’m sure it will learn me many things and the best knowledge is the one we share..
    Best Regards from Paris and sorry for my poor english
    S.

54. Teck Hua December 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    I hope I could be a better jQuery ninja with this cookbook, & do away with Flash…

55. Morena December 9th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Hi. Thanks for this possibility!
    I would like to win this book to gain a better and deeper understanding of jQuery.
    I am trying to make the best use of the online examples many sites offer, but I am still a bit “old fashioned” and still need a good printed book to highlight, comment, carry with me and draw funny faces on when I’m learning something 🙂
    Morena

56. Stu December 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    I would like this book because I am new to world of jquery and javascript in general. I think I will need all the help I can get!!!! 🙂

57. BulletProofPoet December 9th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    I’m sure that my girlfriend would prefer something from Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay, but if I won a copy of the jQuery Cookbook, my inner-geek would be satisifed for at least a fortnight!

    Maybe I could cook up some jQuery for Christmas dinner..? Mmmmm, jQuery!

    Keep up the good work, James!

    Rich

58. Soh Tanaka December 9th, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    So I can study more jQuery 🙂

59. Teck Hua December 9th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    With this cookbook, I hope I’ll be a better jQuery ninja & do away with Flash totally…

60. Richie Jenkins December 9th, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    Would love to get to grips with jQuery!

61. Mini0n December 9th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    I would like to have this book ’cause Stone Cold said so.
    That and because it’s never too much to learn more and more about jQuery.

62. J. Albert Bowden II December 9th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    i need the jQuery cookbook so i can mix up my recipes…the web is starving for new tastes and she’s even started not eating when i cook up something she’s had so many times before.
    oh, and to totally try and be like you as well.

63. Boris Scheiman December 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    I’d love to have this book to improve on my JS knowledge – ppk’s javascript book is only half the battle.

64. Jackson December 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    I plan to sell it on Ebay and use some of the profits on booze and hookers. The rest I’ll waste.

65. Tony Ball December 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    I love jQuery and would study this book very much. I spent all my money on my daughter for Christmas so I can’t afford to buy it right now.

66. hunk December 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Jquery rlz!! 😀

67. Miguel Benevides December 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Can’t wait to find out who is jQuery’s Top Chef.

68. Arthur Gouveia December 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    I need this book to prove everyone else that jQuery is the best JS Library in the world, and that by using it you can get the best usability ever and also all the beautiful things that Flash/Silverlight can do, without all the bad stuff.

    jQuery will crush Flash and Silverlight for good.

69. Michael Stum December 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Because I am a Microsoft SharePoint developer, stuck in a world of pain and old-fashioned Webforms/Viewstate/Postback user interfaces, and because my users simply deserve a better UI than what Sharepoint offers. So I need for something that not only gives my users a “WOW!” UI, but also something that makes sure that behind the scenes, communication with my web services just works.

70. Scott Fitchet December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    Because they put a fitchet on the cover: http://bit.ly/73xwxM

71. Gilberto Ramos December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I’m from Paraguay and I would love to have that book because is so difficult to find books with that quality over here! I’m in love with JQuery..

72. Ed December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I was so close – 20 minutes late. But *I* need The jQuery Cookbook so that my sites will be tastier, with a little interactivity baked right in.

73. joseph December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I work at a web firm, mostly in server side code. And on the occasion i need to write some client side script, I usually need a bit of a refresher to get started. Something like this would also help me put together more robust client side solutions when a customer needs it.

74. Chris December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I will read the book, and amaze the rest of the team with my skills.

75. Eric B December 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    So I don’t need to change my name to John Resig to be recognized as a Jquery King.

76. Justin Beasley December 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Being on a small team working for a non-profit, all of us could really benefit from this book. We’re using code from many of the authors already, and use jQuery throughout our site.

    So share the love (and the book)!

77. John Nelson December 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    I have a craving for some jQuery and I have no recipe to go by. Why use the frozen microwave jQuery you find on the web, when you can have fully baked goodness printed and bound?

    I want to have a great reference for my daily jQuery needs. It makes javascript something special.

78. Phillip Molaro December 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    I would love a copy of this book and could use it everyday. My Web group has been working with jQuery for a while. I know a lot of the basic but I would love to learn more and get to the point of writing my own custom methods handling other advanced techniques. Pick me! I could really use this one!

79. Markus Klug December 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    writing a haiku
    maybe its worth a free book
    jQuery for the win!

80. Mario Estrada December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    To help me build better plugins.

81. george December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    
    function choose_me(){
    alert('obviously, i need the most help with $$jquery');
    }
    
    choose_me();
    
    

82. daniel tran December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I haven’t been able to delve into the jquery pot, but I have been using the pre made scripts. I would love to amp up my knowledge on jquery as I think it contributes a strong functionality in web development.

83. Daniel Andrews December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I could use this book because god knows you can never know enough about jQuery. I feel like I have a good handle on the core, but I have so far to go.

84. Seth Lilly December 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I’m just getting started in my jQuery journey, and I’d love to have a guide along the way. I used to hate JavaScript, but since I’ve started using jQuery, my view has changed. Since I’ve started exploring the framework, I’ve seen multiple opportunities to create great experiences and can’t wait to learn more about it. Thanks for your consideration.

85. John Briggs December 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    I need to turn my weak sauce jQuery skills from canned ragu-style to made-from-scratch goodness.

86. Terry December 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    because my qjuery looks like i am tring to write css. I need help badly

87. Chris Naka December 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    So I can update my aging site to web2.0 before web3.0 is introduced. Plus, O’reilly have always been my reference books of choice! ~Cheers

88. Phil December 9th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Tis’ the season, to jQuery!

89. Anthony Clark December 9th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    I love jQuery and use the plugins often. I’d love to be able to give back to the community by contributing my own 🙂

90. JD December 9th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    I’m a student!

91. Mike December 9th, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Love jQuery!!!

92. Sam December 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I love jQuery and free stuff, so getting a free jQuery book would be amazing.

93. Niels December 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Because I would love to have something I can actually hold in my hands while learning more and more about jQuery! Of course there’s plenty of material online as well, but I am sure this book contains great material.

    ps. Funny JavaScript related comments from some of you! 😀

94. Brendan Falkowski December 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I want this book because I’m the only one that truly appreciates the animal on the cover. It’s not a ferret, it’s least weasel by my reckoning. Fact: the least weasel is the smallest carnivore. Fact: least weasels hunt in packs, see: http://bit.ly/T1riw.

    Also jQuery rocks.

95. Paul Davis December 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I think I should have one of the books because:

    I’m also a 19 year old web dev, who started with DW when code scared me.
    I already know enough jQuery to get me by, but it’s pretty effects for me so far. Nothing like what you can do with it! This book will show me the way.
    You’re awesome and would like to give me a book. =D

96. etienne taylor December 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I need and would very much appreciate a copy of the jQuery Cookbook to help launch our clinical trial screening system we modestly hope will help our friends at the American Cancer Society save several tens of thousand of lives a year.

    Thank you.

    Etienne Taylor
    CEO
    Clinical Trial Semantics, Inc.

97. Jeremy December 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    I’ve been using jQuery for a while now but it would be nice to have some new “recipes” from this book!

98. Darrel December 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    I must own 50 cookbooks. I never use any of them because they involve a kitchen. I could really use a cookbook that involves my computer. Plus, hey, jQuery has made web development fun again!

99. Corey December 9th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    I like cookbooks. And you really want me to stop using Flash, right?

100. Matt December 9th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

     i want that.

101. Gabe December 9th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

     A) I see the cover has a ferret and I have a ferret.
     B) Because I’m a web developer.

102. Tony Zeferino December 9th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

     Because I need to improve my jQuery skills and build more powerful web applications! I’m not even close to your skills, but I will with this book’s help! Please send a copy my way 🙂

103. shane bradley December 9th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

     $(“#me”).pick().please();

104. Maykel Moya December 9th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

     That book would be a good source of knowledge to anybody working with jQuery. About the sentence, one very simple: I live in Cuba and don’t have any mean of buying a printed copy.

     Regards,
     maykel

105. Lucas Anderson December 9th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

     I’d like this book because I have Google Wave invites, and I’m willing to share. 🙂

106. Vince Kahl December 9th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

     Your book will shorten my way to world domination by approximately two weeks.

107. Jungchanhsieh December 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

     I would like @jamespadolsey of the authors of this cookbook. I follow you. 🙂

108. Daniel December 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

     Because is possible I will never can buy this book, and in my country is more expensive for a freelance developer with a family that I must buy food.
     I really hope win this book it will help me a lot for my developer with jQuery.
     Best regards.

109. Riaan December 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

     I just like a nice web and need this book to keep it clean 🙂

110. Marco Rogers December 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

     jQuery is my goto toolkit for front-end dev. I’ve got a few javascript heavy applications in the wings and this book would be perfect to help me leverage jQuery to the fullest.

111. Jayson J. Phillips December 9th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

     I think I should receive this book because I wish to further cement my foundation in jQuery and, like those I have learned from over the years, contribute this knowledge back to the larger community. It would also help me clean up the code I wish to put out for public consumption – not to avoid criticism – but instead to give newer users a chance to learn from what I publish as well.

112. Robin December 9th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

     I’m primarily a designer who loves to learn code. I love using jquery, but I’d like a book to help ground me better than scattered tutorials.

113. Jonathan December 9th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

     I would like this book because I just Quit understanding every ridiculous yui compatability issue and decided to jump to jQuery. It’d be helpful to have a book to ease the migration.

114. Leonard Challis December 9th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

     My first job after graduating was a web developer. Funding stopped, we all got laid off.

     My second job was also a web developer, and the company went bankrupt.

     I’ve just got my third development job in less than a year after leaving university, I’m poorer than I was when I was studying, and this would be the best recession-blasting, depression-busting Christmas present ever! It will also help me further my jQuery knowledge to make me better at my new job and be able to give back to the community in the form of plugins and support on the IRC channel. Also, it would be awesome. Very. Very. Awesome.

115. Maurício Samy Silva December 9th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

     Imagine have 19 jQuery popes in one place!
     I’ll read this book with gloves.

116. Nate K December 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

     A haiku:
     JavaScript deluge
     jQuery — simple and rich
     Cookbook can clear paths

117. gabbar December 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

     would love to have that book

118. Matthew Willhite December 9th, 2009 at 9:47 pm

     I need this because my career (at least portions of)…thus my life (again…portions of) depend on my jQuery skills. jQuery is awesome…ever since I discovered its greatness I haven’t written one line or included one library of Prototype/Scriptaculous. Even my rails apps have all been jqueryfied.

119. Rob Tarr December 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

     It would be great to help the guys at work who do more backend stuff to learn some more about the middle layer that they dabble with every now and then.

120. Ricardo Vega December 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

     Hi,
     I’d love to win the book because I consider myself a jQuery evangelist and I’d like to make a cool gift to one of my “pupils”, its kind of difficult to me to buy these books because they’re quite expensive and they’re not sold here in MX.

     Regards!

121. Kevin Sheffield December 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

     looks like a great book, would love to have it

122. Kieron Lanning December 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

     Because without jQuery I’d be stuck writing boring, repetitive, tedious and repetitive vanilla Javascript for most of my working life!

123. Tady Walsh December 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

     I will not shower until I have this book!
     Please save my wife and her sensitive sense of smell.

     T

124. daniel gräber December 9th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

     In our university we develop a php/ajax framework and the ajax is based on jQuery. This would be a great help for this project.

125. Ettiene December 9th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

     Just learned the word “grok” today and realised that jQuery is something I need to grok.. This book will be just the right tool 🙂

126. Bill Mengers December 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

     I would love to have this as I am just starting to get started in being able to develop dynamic web pages. I use jquery for all my needs and would love this book!

127. Ryan Zec December 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

     I have been looking for a really good jQuery book that I can go to when I have a jQuery issue I am trying to work out. This is seem a very good book that type of use.

128. Tekin B. December 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

     I love to use jQuery and so I would love to get a copy of this nice Book 🙂

129. Alan Switzer December 9th, 2009 at 10:05 pm

     Because I want to do more with jQuery – and this book is the answer!

130. Stephen Bell December 9th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

     I need this book because it is the only kind of cookbook I will ever be able to use. While I am wasting away on my steady diet of Lean Cuisine, children’s breakfast cereals and ramen noodles, I can comfort myself by knowing that I am the master of “.each” iteration and AJAX loading, if not mixing bowls and oven timers.

     Help. Me.

131. Brian Arnold December 9th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

     I’d love to get a free copy of this book. I’m currently working with a non-profit and developing a rather large, interactive site that is designed to vastly improve the quality of student teacher programs, looking to expand out into a possible generalized mentoring system for educators of all sorts.

     We’re currently using jQuery pretty extensively, but having the cookbook would help me check against a lot of what we’re doing and improve the responsiveness of some of our very data-intensive apps (doing a lot of Ajax/JSON work).

132. memphys December 9th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

     Hello, James. I am student from Russia and at the same time work at the small company creating web services. I’m really interested in JQuery, use it very often and want to significantly improve my skills in it.
     Anyway I’ll try to get read this book sooner or later.
     Thank you!

133. Christian Nilsson December 9th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

     I have gotten so much from the jQuery-community and now I have started to give back in IRC etc. I want to get a more thorough understanding of jQuery to be a great mentor!

134. Joe December 9th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

     Great to see! Nothing I love more than using jQuery and PHP. Makes any web app so much more professionaller.

     <clever> comment designed to imprint my name into contest giver, thus giving me a slight edge in the contest </clever>

135. Manny Blum December 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

     Because as much as I love the Learning jQuery book, you can only get so far with it. This book will help me get to the next level … of awesome.

136. Jon December 9th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

     Looking fwd to this book! I can’t get enough jQuery; it’s truly a lifesaver.

137. Skoua December 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

     Because every people I teach web development love jQuery at the end.

138. Jérôme Gamez December 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

     I don’t need the jQuery cookbook – jQuery is easy to understand and to master, its online documentation is outstanding, there are many plugins and tutorials available.

     But I want it, because I like good books in my book shelf and because I want to lend it to fellow developers who certainly can make good use of it :).

139. Aaron Barker December 9th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

     JQuery
     allows
     majorly
     entertaining
     sites.

     Perfectly
     amazing
     direction (the book)
     opens
     lovely
     sites
     easily…
     yes!

140. Alex December 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

     I need this book because I am just learning jQuery and it would be immensely helpful!

141. Jonathan Desrosiers December 9th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

     Iz nedz dis boohk fo lerningz da jquery so Iz can mek gr8 webzitez =)

142. André December 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm

     I need this book because javascript is hard and I need to lear jquery…

     I am sad because jslint is hurting my feelings and IE is evil 🙁
     Ohhh god, I need to start using jquery.

     Cheers

143. Andy Towler December 9th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

     You really need to send me this book so that I can prove that it isn’t a ferret but actually a pine marten.

     Oh, and I’m also hoping to evolve from jQuery dabbler to deity.

144. Mark Johnston December 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

     Much prefer to learn from a printed resource.

145. Matthijs December 9th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

     Hello there. I hope I am just in time to enter the book-give-away. And that’s also the reason why I need a book; I am always late because of 1000 cool projects I work on at the same time. This book will help me a lot and make me finish stuff sooner. So you won’t just make me happy, but also a lot of other people if I win 😉

     thnx!

146. AFRC December 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

     if (!$(‘head:not(.jquery-cookbook)’) { $(‘body’).die(); }

147. dirk December 9th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

     I as a webdevellop need to go with the flow and still stqaands out. For that this book needs to be next to your bed and working place.

148. Kieron Hughes December 9th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

     I’ve seen the fantastic capabilities of jQuery but I’ve never got round to learning it.. I’ve had O’Reilly books in the past and they’ve been brilliant – so would love a free copy to really get started with jQuery.

149. Pontz December 9th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

     Hi!

     Yesterday I finished my first computer programming class. The class was an introduction to JavaScript. This class gave me a theoretical base to computer programming as well as the practical knowledge to write programs in JavaScript. Dynamic websites here I come!

      But, as any good hacker knows, truly exciting and engaging websites are built using JQuery. JQuery provides a plethora of useful functions that would otherwise be extremely difficult to code in JavaScript, considering my knowledge and experience. It is for these reasons that I want to start learning and implementing JQuery in the websites that I build. 

     Now, the JQuery community has many resources online for how to use JQuery and how to solve common problems in a dynamic and efficient way. But, these resources are disparate. Finding a central location that has comprehensive information on best practices, syntax and examples can prove difficult. The fact that this information has been compiled into a O’Reilly book is invaluable.

     I would greatly benefit from this resource since I have a foundation in JavaScript and I am ready to begin learning how to apply this foundation using JQuery. Or, perhaps the book will teach me to think about JQuery in a different way. I actually have very little knowledge of JQuery and I hope this book will teach me what I need to know to become a better web designer, and as such, able to build websites, with all of you, that make the world wide web an even more exciting experience for all.

     Thanks! 

150. Scott Mitchell December 9th, 2009 at 11:36 pm

     I would like to win this book to further enhance my front-end web development skills so I can make easier to use and more beautiful web applications for the rest of the world! 🙂

151. Oliver Boermans December 9th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

     Judging by the cover, I’m looking forward to learning about the many wonderful things I can cook up with a skewered ferret. Fig 1: $

152. Richard rudy December 10th, 2009 at 12:22 am

     If i this book I could add more awesome to my sites.

153. David Baker December 10th, 2009 at 12:29 am

     Kewlies – Hope I win.

154. Awarnach December 10th, 2009 at 12:30 am

     I know XHTML, I know CSS, but I still need to learn js & jQuery, this book can help me with this new adventure 😉

155. Will Morgan December 10th, 2009 at 12:32 am

     I need this book because I want to finish my jquery slot machine!

156. Robert December 10th, 2009 at 12:38 am

     Being a developer requires years to achieve knowledge, always trying to be up to date with the latest trends, so that, we should always try to get every piece of information we can ^^

157. M.Medhat December 10th, 2009 at 12:38 am

     I love books and I love jQuery. That’s why I need the book 🙂

158. Kerri lotus December 10th, 2009 at 12:40 am

     I NEED it so I don’t end up looking like the ferret by trying to code everything by hand!! PLEEEEEAAAASSSEEEE…I am a lowly beginner!

159. Galled December 10th, 2009 at 12:41 am

     I need this book because I work every day with jQuery!!!

160. Thedric Walker December 10th, 2009 at 12:43 am

     I need this book so I can take the dumb out of DOM. Hmmm, that sounded better than in my head.

161. CreativeNotice December 10th, 2009 at 12:45 am

     Well, since you’ve extended this I’ll through my name in the hat. Would love a copy because jQuery has completely change the way I look at JavaScript and client side work and would like to extend that vision further.

162. TrinityByte December 10th, 2009 at 12:49 am

     Why would I like a copy, simply because to fully understand jQuery you have to know more than just how to paste sample code!

163. John December 10th, 2009 at 12:51 am

     I’ve always wanted to be a front end web developer. Server side stuff is for chumps!

164. Mickey December 10th, 2009 at 12:58 am

     I would love a copy of this book. Not only has jQuery helped me believe again in Javascript, but this book would also help me extend my knowledge of jQuery and extend into the world of AJAX applications

165. Yannick D December 10th, 2009 at 1:01 am

     would love to have that book

166. Joe Casabona December 10th, 2009 at 1:04 am

     Knowing JQuery as well as I would after readying the book would seriously increase my worth as a freelancer…would that mean I’d owe you a kick-back? 🙂

167. Freddy Gonzalez December 10th, 2009 at 1:05 am

     I want this because I want to pwn noobs with my new awesome jquery skills.

168. Joe Moses December 10th, 2009 at 1:23 am

     I love jQuery and use jQuery everyday. I love to read about jQuery and learn how others are using jQuery. I would definitely read this book about jQuery and put it to good use using jQuery! jQuery, jQuery, jQuery!

     I also like to cook. And someone once called me a weasel.

169. Duane Ashworth December 10th, 2009 at 1:30 am

     Allthough I’m a reasonable cook now I could always do with another cookbook to serve up something delicious.

     Of course my family would have to live on bits and bytes for a while but I’m sure they could live with that 🙂

170. David December 10th, 2009 at 1:33 am

     Found you through CodeCanyon – sweet offer!

171. Tom Ransom December 10th, 2009 at 1:35 am

     What a great idea for a book – if only to use it to send page numbers to friends who are looking for help.

172. Vorn December 10th, 2009 at 1:37 am

     I’ll swap you a copy of the book for a jQuery ninja tshirt 😉

173. Sigfrid December 10th, 2009 at 1:38 am

     I’d like to get this book to become a better jQuery developer: I have discovered jQuery few weeks ago and it’s awesome !!!

174. Aldian December 10th, 2009 at 1:47 am

     Let us give the book the long travel to my country, make it the first artifact of your words spreading through the world reaching my island. 😀

     ** I live in Bali **

175. Joshua December 10th, 2009 at 1:51 am

     I’d like this because my coworkers need more examples and proof jQuery is mainstream. They just don’t “get it”.

176. Edgar Veiga December 10th, 2009 at 2:21 am

     To cook a new look I really need this book 🙂

177. Duy Nguyen December 10th, 2009 at 2:27 am

     I love Jquery. Make my life alot easier when coding javascript is involved. Jquery is the best framework for javascript. Thanks to all Jquery contributers.

178. Jose Castaneyra December 10th, 2009 at 2:28 am

     I have using jQuery for almost a month, and I feel is awesome, so I would like to have this book to improve my jQuery knowledge.

     Regards from México.

179. Bernardo Rittmeyer December 10th, 2009 at 2:39 am

     A cookbook is the most practical way to develop faster and use better practices. And what defines jQuery better than practical, fast and best practice?

180. Donald December 10th, 2009 at 2:56 am

     I love jquery

181. Justin December 10th, 2009 at 3:07 am

     I would love to win this book… Due to being recently diagnosed with Kidney and Heart failure I am rather limited to what I can physically do now, so I spend a lot of time on the laptop learning to code and build websites. I find it important to keep myself busy and keep my mind stimulated. I recently have become aware of jQuery and I am starting to learn it, and any extra resources or help would be much appreciated.

     Seasons Greeting to You and your Blogging Community

182. alx December 10th, 2009 at 3:54 am

     Missing a printed book…

183. JP Grace December 10th, 2009 at 4:07 am

     I want the book so that I can read it 🙂 Plus if I win I promise I’ll review it on my blog.

184. Matthew December 10th, 2009 at 4:17 am

     Who wouldn’t want to sharpen their jQuery chops? This would be the perfect way to optimize existing code and learn something new. Lather, rinse, repeat. 🙂

185. Sparky December 10th, 2009 at 4:33 am

     As a budding jquery evangelist I would use this book to foster the growth and acceptance of jquery worldwide. And to bring about world peace. Yeah that too.

186. Horace December 10th, 2009 at 5:15 am

     Cos I’m the one will really read the book than put it on table.

187. Grady Laksmono December 10th, 2009 at 5:23 am

     Because I’m a graduate student who is thin in cash, loves web development a lot, have been using jQuery, and want to know more about jQuery! 🙂

188. webmasterdubai December 10th, 2009 at 5:50 am

     eveybody want to get this hmmm loook great.

189. Prince Gerald December 10th, 2009 at 6:04 am

     jQuery solved my pain of writing native javascript which works in cross browsers. i’ve used limited features of it to create plugins for my blog and mediawiki. would love to extend my knowledge by having this book and contribute more to the open source community, then slowly to jquery community (hopefully).

190. Avinash December 10th, 2009 at 6:04 am

     I’m a web developer working over web applications and in constant use of jQuery. I need this cookbook so that I can be more rapid at my deliverables and be elegant in my problem solving approach wherever javascript is concerned via jQuery.

191. Mikkol December 10th, 2009 at 6:38 am

     I know nothing about jQuery.

192. Oscar Chan December 10th, 2009 at 6:55 am

     I don’t know anything about jQuery.
     THIS IS a COOKBOOK, isn’t that most suitable for me?
     I can follow it to cook my jQuery!!
     So, you must give it to me~!!

193. Dhaval Trivedi December 10th, 2009 at 7:18 am

     I want to be a part of jQuery expert team and contribute to the core.

194. Joe Constant December 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am

     Because I’ve been dying to learn more jQuery

195. Luis De Aveiro December 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am

     I need jQuery like my coffee. it’s not an addiction, I need it to be able to function everyday! Plus it’s a O’Reilly book. 🙂

196. Trond December 10th, 2009 at 8:00 am

     Because I haven’t read it yet?

197. J P December 10th, 2009 at 8:16 am

     I would like to get a copy of this book for the chapters about unit testing, large scale projects using jQuery and the “faster” chapter. These sounds really interesting with some advanced techniques 🙂 Might actually go buy this book 🙂

198. Thomas McDonald December 10th, 2009 at 8:19 am

     I need this so I can improve my script you rejected with some fancy jQuery to mask how awful it probably is. 😉

199. Elsabe Lessing December 10th, 2009 at 8:24 am

     Real men program with jQuery.
     I want to be a real man.

     Regards
     Developer Chick.

200. klooog December 10th, 2009 at 8:31 am

     I deserve to get this free book because I am a City of London investment banker who might not get another 500K bonus this year. So basically I’m broke.

201. Mike McMurray December 10th, 2009 at 8:46 am

     I discovered jQuery about 18 months ago and I need help to use it for good and not evil – to resist those easy-to-use fadeIn and scrollUp effects.
     Thanks for the competition.

202. gabriel von satzger December 10th, 2009 at 9:11 am

     I would love this book so I could further improve my jQuery skills

203. redcom December 10th, 2009 at 9:15 am

     I would like to improve my expertise reading this book

204. Rik Verbeek December 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am

     …need it…

205. Wezz December 10th, 2009 at 9:28 am

     I just started a new job and they only use jQuery in this company. I’m mostly used to Mootools and I need to get a headstart.

206. Carl December 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am

     I am a ninja of the jquery pursuasion, in need of a manual (or maybe a cookbook ..) – please give generously to my cause :p

207. Mathias Bynens December 10th, 2009 at 10:09 am

     How will the winners be selected? Math.random()?

208. rayvolvez December 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am

     Great to hear about this book and your success in the field.
     I’ve been dying and trying my best to learn about jquery and coding so if you would send the book my way, I’ll be absolutely happy. (I will pay for the shipping!)

209. Rob Desbois December 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am

     jQuery has shown me how powerful and practical in the real world JS can be. I need this book because it will enable me to apply this to our own projects.

210. nachomaans December 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am

     Because ferrets are cool and jQuery makes javascript fun

211. David Oliver December 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am

     I like what little I’ve done with jQuery so far – thanks!

212. Frédéric December 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am

     I want it ^^.
     he like good 😉

213. Rich December 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am

     Simply i aspire to be a front-end developer and believe this book will help me develop wicked interface widgets.

214. Stevie December 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

     I neeed this book because otherwise I’m stuck with Dojo and Prototype which NOBODY can want!

215. Adam December 10th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

     I REALLY want this book because I am only 13, I want to learn jQuery really well so I can start build cool things.

216. Philo December 10th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

     Can always use new books 🙂

217. Alastair Hodgson December 10th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

     Hunting for “hot copies” of great technical books on the piwate sites is tiresome, please save me the trouble?

218. Justin December 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

     Why do I need this book? Why does anyone ever need a book? To read and learn good!

219. Scott Stokes December 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

     I need the book; converting most of my JS framework code over to jQuery.

220. Chris December 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

     I am new to jQuery and so far I am loving everything about it!

221. Gerty Engrie December 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

     Because my colleague is always the smart ass when it comes to jquery and I really really really really would like to beat him for once 🙂

222. Roger Pence December 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

     I am a lonely orphan with nothing to keep me company but my editor, my browser, and a Doug Crockford JS book. I’d love to have the jQuery cookbook to help add to my meager skillset. Thank you!

223. joão December 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

     I’m developing feedy RSS, a facebook RSS viral agregator, for my MSc final semester project and I’d love one of these (I’m building my app with jQuery and SimplePie).

224. orip December 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

     I would like a copy – I’m hungry and have never had ermine before.

225. Paul December 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

     jQuery rocks and I need this book to improve my ninja skills!

226. Florin Patrascu December 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

     This book will help me understand faster jQuery, so I can provide a better jQuery support through my open source web framework. Thank you!

227. CK December 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

     Want this to take my jQuery skills a step (or more) ahead 🙂

228. Steve Kaschimer December 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

     I really like the “cookbooks” from O’Reilly and really have a desire to sharpen my jQuery skills, as this is still very new to me, yet very amazing…

229. Ramon Marco L. Navarro December 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

     I want this book since learning jQuery would help me make better interactive and user-friendly websites. It’ll prevent me from “reinventing the wheel” and learn solutions from common (design and programming) problems developers have with jQuery and, maybe, Javascript.

230. João Almeida December 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

     I need the book because I still use hardcore, old school javascript, without any of these fancy frameworks.

231. Nitin Sharma December 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

     jquery.jcurry..jquery… oh.. still can’t understand how to cook it, please send me that cookbook.. i am looking for a new recipe
     🙂

232. Scott Johsnon December 10th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

     I could use a central place to see other jQuery solutions that may be more efficient/flexible than my solutions.

233. Michael G. December 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

     It would be nice to FINALLY win in one of these contests especially winning a great prize such as the jQuery Cookbook

234. Marco December 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

     I need a copy of this book as I can see the greatness of jQuery, but I am still struggling with actual writing jQuery code. And I would really like to become a more literal jQuery coder.

235. Terry Patterson December 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

     I would love to share the JQuery Cookbook “goodness” with my web design students! And, of course, encourage them to get the book themselves!

236. Doug Rohrer December 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

     Because our app is JavaScript-heavy and we have lots of custom, hard-to-maintain stuff that would be easily replaced by jQuery if I only knew it better.

237. Cerium December 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

     Why do I want this book ? Easy, 42 may be the answer to the life, the universe and everything, but it’s not the answer to all the jQuery questions I can have, so this book may contains the answers 🙂 Or just because french like me haven’t good ressources about jQuery in their own language.

238. Jamie Rumbelow December 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

     I need this book because I need some programming sustenance over the Christmas break! That, and it would be awesome 🙂

     Jamie

239. Jerry December 10th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

     I’d like the book to become a better jQuery developer.

240. Mat Landers December 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

     I really need this book because I want to improve my jQuery skills and this is the book to help me do it! I need a handy reference here at my desk that I can look back on after I read it all the way through! Choose me!

241. Josh December 10th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

     I am the web developer for my home town, and we are always looked to as an example for other sites to follow (or steal from!) I want to keep pushing the bar ever higher and jQuery is the way to do it!

242. Paul Irish December 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

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243. Rey December 10th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

     need to amp my jquery skills! make me happy please.

244. MeZZiN December 10th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

     Just starting with JQuery after a disastrous selection procedure by a co-worker who selected Dojo+Dijit as Javascript toolkit to develop our application. This effectively just killed our application performance by loading Dijit.

     So a quick start up is most welcome 🙂

245. Mike December 10th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

     I’d love to get my hands on this book. Thanks for the opportunity.

246. Andi December 10th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

     If I win this book, I promise to read it cover to cover, and then write a glowing sonnet about it in perfect iambic pentameter that I will post as a review on Amazon.

247. formlotse December 10th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

     I love to cook and I love jquery. Simple as that.

248. Sal C December 10th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

     Because everyone loves free stuff. Oh, and I need to increase my jQuery ninja skills. O’Reilly makes good stuff. Stuff == good.

249. webbografico December 10th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

     I need this book because I wanna be THE master of jQuery and I think this book will help me a little…

250. Martin December 10th, 2009 at 9:01 pm

     Hi

     I’m currently in university here in Sweden, studying a master program for five years. In some courses we get to deal with electronic publishing and I’m really into web-development and I’ve just done a project with a friend in school including quite a lot of jquery. But most of the code was just copy and pasteing which isn’t much fun at all. This book will allow for me to fully learn about jquery and help me in the future. I would love to buy the book but cannot really spend a lot of money since I’m a student, so figure I’ll give this competition a go.

     With love from Sweden /Martin

251. Jon December 10th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

     A little haiku…

     jQuery Cookbook
     What are the ingredients?
     $(ferret).fadeOut();

252. Aaron December 10th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

     We love jquery and need to get better at it. Being a small, non-profit, public radio station, any money i can save our .org on books…is always good!

253. Ralf Stoltze December 10th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

     As a jQuery fanboy and plugin contributor (jqPuzzle, hoverFlow), this book is a must. What an opportunity to read from soo many jQuery team members and other valued web workers! Last but not least, this book makes a nice read for my 7+ hours train ride back home for christmas…

254. Abdullah Al-Ageel December 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

     If I have this book .. I can manage to do my whole work in jQuery without a single call to one of the expert developers around nor a single search on Google nor a question in StackOverflow
     This resource will be more than enough when it comes to jQuery, I guess.

255. Reaper-Media December 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

     I have only just begun to learn jQuery and this book would help me benefit extreamily well to add to my collection of languages and possibly submit files to codeCanyon with my new found knowledge. 🙂

256. James December 11th, 2009 at 12:01 am

     The competition is now closed. Thanks for entering everyone! 🙂