Extending jQuery

Preface

I first encountered jQuery in early 2007 and immediately found it intuitive and simple to use. I was quickly selecting elements and showing and hiding them. Next I tried to use some of the third-party plugins on offer, but found that they varied widely in usefulness and usability.

I was fortunate to start my plugin writing with what was to become a major plugin in the jQuery community. I came across Marc Grabanski’s Clean Calendar plugin, which he had converted into a jQuery plugin, and liked the interface it provided for entering a date. I started playing with it to add more features as a way to explore jQuery’s capabilities and eventually offered these back to Marc. So started a collaboration on this plugin over the next couple of ...