Since you mentioned that you were modifying your OPAC, you should check into the Juice Project, a jQuery framework for doing just that.
http://code.google.com/p/juice-project/ On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Ken Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm on a mission to finally learn some jQuery, and I'm kind of falling in > love with it. In particular, I'm finding in it the perfect tool for modifying > our OPAC in ways that the catalog vendor never intended, tweaking the DOM to > my heart's content. > > Having worked my way through the basics of the language (I'm using the > "Learning jQuery" book, which is a good introduction but has a nearly-useless > index) I'm curious about the vast array of jQuery plugins. There are too many > to know, and reading the descriptions it is not immediately apparent to me > what they do. > > So I ask those of you who use jQuery: Do you have favorites, or ones that you > find particularly relevant to the kind of work that we do? ("The kind of work > that we do" varies quite a bit, but still...) The only one I've really > explored so far is the dataTables plugin, which I will be keeping in mind for > future applications. > > Nicole: your "Library Mashups" book is next on my list; I'm looking forward > to it. > > joys, > Ken >
