150+ of the Best jQuery Plug-ins for Web Designers
What a wonderful thing jQuery is! Today, we bring you a huge collection of over 150 jQuery plug-ins that every web designer should see.
We've selected these based on overall effect, ease of deployment and functionality. You'll find everything from calendars to validators, image effects to hover functions, page load techniques to page curls and a host of things we can't really categorise under anything but cool!.
Top jQuery plugins for Web 2.0 effects (6 plug-ins)10 jQuery Plug-ins
Brilliant Captcha plugin
SeekAttention plugin, very cool
3 excellent image plugins
Ariel Fleslers ScrollTo jQuery script
Nice simple vertical and horiztonal Hover Scroll
jQuery LazyLoad, an ingenius script to ease page load
Ever popular and nicely executed PagePeel effect
PiroBox lightbox alternative and very smooth
10 Fantastic and unusual jQuery plugins
6 jQuery plugins to control webpage layouts
10 Favourite jQuery plugins from Queness
10 jQuery plugins for that quick to deploy effect
Supersized, the jQuery full screen plugin that works a treat
The simply outstanding Styled ScrollBar plugin
37 jQuery plug-ins covering all kinds of features
57 Image, gallery, slideshow and lightbox plugins (not all jQuery)
The Cycle Plugin, a firm favourite of many
What is jQuery?
jQuery is a lightweight Javascript library that emphasises interaction between Javascript and HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp by John Resig.
It is free open source software licensed under the MIT license and GNU General Public license.
Just as CSS separates display characteristics from the HTML structure, jQuery separates the behavior characteristics from the HTML structure. For example, instead of directly specifying the on-click event handler in the specification of a button element, a jQuery driven page would first identify the button element, and then modify its on-click event handler. This separation of behavior from structure is also referred to as the principle of Unobtrusive JavaScript.
Official jQuery WebsiteSpecial mentions?
If you feel there is a jQuery plug-in that deserves a mention on this list, drop us a line and we'll review it. We keep our articles and links up to date so lists regularly grow with new submissions over time.
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