Awesome jQuery
A curated list of awesome jQuery plugins, resources and other shiny things. Inspired by the awesome-* trend on GitHub.
jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers. With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript.
Table of contents

- Resources
- Plugins
- Mobile
- UI
- Testing
- Server-side Integrations
- Community
- Alternatives
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- Contributing and License
Resources
Awesome learning material to get to know jQuery and JavaScript or learn something more advanced. Some friendly advice: Before diving deep into jQuery learn JavaScript well.
- API documentation - Official jQuery documentation.
- Code School - Learn the basics of jQuery, a JavaScript library, to modify elements on a webpage and improve user interaction.
- Codecademy jQuery track - Beginners track for learning jQuery.
- Learning jQuery - Tips, techniques, and tutorials for the jQuery JavaScript library.
- Style guides - jQuery's code style guides when contributing to jQuery projects.
- Tuts+ - Useful and indepth articles about jQuery.
- jQuery guide for teams - Tips to write consistent jQuery code, easy to use and understand by your team.
Tutorials
Awesome free tutorials and courses to learn jQuery.
- jQuery patterns - A variety of jQuery plugin patterns for jump starting your plugin development.
- Learning jQuery Design Patterns - jQuery Plugin Design Patterns
- Learn jQuery - jQuery learning center.
- Snoopcode - jQuery tutorials.
- Extending jQuery - Extending jQuery’s selector capabilities.
- Free jQuery Courses at Classpert - List of Free jQuery Courses at Classpert Online Course Search
Books
Recommended and not too much outdated jQuery books.
Free Books
- JavaScript plus a dash of JQuery - A Sensible Introduction to Coding with JavaScript and jQuery, by Nicholas Johnson.
- jQuery Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, mobi, epub) (Registration required).
- jQuery fundamentals - Comfortable working through common problems you'll be called upon to solve using jQuery.
Paid Books
- jQuery in Action, Third Edition - Fast-paced and complete guide to jQuery, by Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz, and Aurelio De Rosa.