Useful jQuery plugin collection sites with 100s of plugins

Istvan — Tue, 06 May 2014 12:57:13 +0000

jQuery is the popular library and is used by more than 50% of all websites online.
It is extendable by plugins and there are many of them created by large community of developers. We wrote several posts on Enfew blog about very useful jQuery plugins. There are many sites online which collect such plugins, and to make it easier for Enfew readers we have put together a list of most useful jQuery plugin collection sites on the Internet. Enjoy, and let us know if we have missed some good links.

Unheap

Well organised jQuery plugin repository with nice user interface. They allow search as well as making it clear which plugins are commercial and which are free to use. Some of plugins have video tutorials attached.

Official jQuery Plugin Repository

On the official jQuery framework web site you will find the link to jQuery plugins directory. Driven by community via GitHub.
It has search capabilities, visitor can sort plugins by newest and most recent. From the user interface perspective this site can be somewhat more complicated to view then other jQuery plugin collection sites.

Jquery4u Plugins Directory

This website has lots of information about jQuery and dedicated plugin directory. Well designed and easy to navigate, but number of plugins available doesn’t seam to match other jQuery plugin repositories out there. Nevertheless give it a try and you might find that jQuery plugin you are looking for.

jQue Handpicked jQuery Plugin Directory

This directory is built by community, and everyone can contribute to the website files on GitHub. There is an approval process which makes sure that plugins published on this site are good quality and useful. Search and user experience could be better but overall this site is great resource for finding very useful jQuery plugins.

jQuer.in a plugin a day

This jQuery plugin repository is publishing new jQuery plugin everyday. Handpicked and submitted by jQuery developer community, there are some good plugins in this directory. There is option to search plugins by category.

jQuery-Plugins.net

This site is about jQuery, with much visited blog and tutorials section. It also has well maintained directory of jQuery plugins, updated almost daily with new, useful and free plugins from jQuery community out there. Great user experience, as this site uses bits of flat design.

Overall, there are plenty of jQuery plugins out there. Technical community around jQuery is large and developers produce many great extensions. You just have to find them online! Let us know if we have missed any helpful resource sites.

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Getting started with jQuery. Best tutorials and examples

Istvan — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:02:38 +0000

JavaScript library called jQuery is now available to web and mobile application creators for some time. It has evolved from just being a side project to becoming one of most used JavaScript libraries, powering as much as 50% of websites globally. On our blog we have created several posts with links to jQuery resources, tutorials and plugins and they always do attract many readers.
What we also noticed – developers who are not yet familiar with JavaScript scripting language and its frameworks are keen to understand and learn about them. To help, we have collected links to the most popular and useful online beginner tutorials with step by step examples, guides and tips. Our aim is that after reading tutorials our readers who are learning how to create mobile and web apps would have an understanding what JavaScript, jQuery and other magic and so much used words mean.
Here is the list of the best beginner tips and tricks while working with jQuery.

14 Helpful jQuery Tips

Nettuts blog has a post with 14 very useful and easy to implement jQuery tips for your projects. They are aimed at the beginners and are quite easy to understand. Will surely make your projects look better.

Top 10 jQuery Tips and Tricks

Additional 10 tips which will help you to add more dynamic effect to your web sites.

20 Simple jQuery Tricks

How to create rounded corners for your pictures? Scrolling menus or WordPress and jQuery contact forms? You will find all these covered in this tutorials list, without much complexity. Everything is in simple and beginner friendly fission.

Very Easy jQuery Tricks

As the name says, these jQuery tips will be easy to implement and a good learning exercise.

51+ jQuery Examples

This is great collection of jQuery tutorials, examples and tricks you can use for projects. Covering all the best online resources and well written tutorials. Highly recommend to go through this list.

Queness jQuery tips

Again some lightweight but much effective and useful tips and tricks from jQuery land. You will learn how to check for errors and make sure that your code is running on Internet Explorer browser.

jQuery4You Tricks

This site has some great tutorials. For example – how to create video player with jQuery or how to create a chat room. These are little bit more advanced but if you followed our first seven links you are now well prepared to jump in and check out these example tutorials.

If you have any questions related to all these tutorials or want to suggest some other great resources for learning and understanding jQuery please leave your comments under the post and we will respond and answer your questions. Good luck with learning!

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