Extending jQuery

Part 4. Other extensions

There are still several extension points provided by jQuery that need covering; this part collects them together.

jQuery can automatically animate simple numeric values, but more complex or multivalued properties are beyond it. In chapter 11 you’ll see how to add animation capabilities for these other property values, enabling you to incorporate them into your existing animations.

The use of Ajax to retrieve remote content and process it without requiring a full page refresh is well supported by jQuery. Chapter 12 shows how you can hook into the Ajax processing to enhance the built-in capabilities, from preprocessing a request, through providing an alternate retrieval mechanism, to converting returned data into a more ...