Top 10 jQuery Plugins and Resources
jQuery has gone beyond just simplifying the use of javascript. It has also provided the ability for creating modules and plugins that can be easily be shared and integrated into any site using jQuery.
Here’s my top 10 favorite jQuery Plugins:
- Superfish – Suckerfish style drop-down menu
Excellent plugin for enhancing css drop-down menus. Adds animation, automatic arrows for sub menus and more.
Superfish | Demo
- Lightbox – Popup window for displaying images
This is a very cool utility for creating popup windows for displaying images. Automatically adds navigation to browser through multiple photos.
Lightbox Demo & Download
- PrettyPopin – Popup window plugin
From the same soruce as the Lightbox plugin, this creates popup windows for any type of content.
prettyPopin – Demo & Download
- Form Validation – Easy way to add form validation for email addresses and other data types.
jQuery Validate | Demo
- Tablesorter – Adds interactive table sorting
Clicking on column headings instantly sorts the table.
Tablesorter | Demo - Flexigrid – Adds advanced interactive features to tables
Can connect to JSON and XML data. Supports sortable, resizable columns & rows plus more.
Flexigrid Demo & Download - Tabs Handler – Great for tabbed sections
Part of the jQuery UI creates slick looking tabbed panels to your web pages.
jQueryUI Tab | Demo
- Carousel and Content Slider - Display articles & photos in a pro-style carousel
Agile Carousel | Demo - jQuery UI Widgets & ThemeRoller – A collection of widgets to add professional interactive features
The widgets include a date picker, tab controls, slider and more – all with a very professional, unified appearance. Also checkout the ThemeRoller which skins the widgets – has pre-made skins or create a custom skin online and download it. Very cool!
jQuery UI | Demo | ThemeRoller - Image Crop – Add simple image cropping to a web page
Jcrop | Demo
Let us know if you have a top 10 jQuery plugin.
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Written by: Don Lyckman Don Lyckman is a Web Developer/Designer |
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These plugins helps make learning online easier.
1) jMp3
http://www.sean-o.com/jquery/jmp3/
2) jQuizMe
http://www.bateru.com/jquery/jquizme/
3) Json plugin
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/LABSJSON
4) quickSearch
http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/quicksearch/
Thanks for the links.
Definitely should include cycle & media by Mike Malsup. They are ROCKING good plugins for slideshows and integrating media (respectively). Check out http://malsup.com/jquery/
That’s a great suggestion – I have used the cycle plugin and it is very versatile and easy to use. Haven’t tried the media plugin, but I will check it out. Thanks.
5 Top jQuery Plugins to improve Your HTML
http://blog.waleedmohamed.net/2010/05/5-top-jquery-plugins-to-improve-your.html
here’s another jquery 3D carousel incl. tutorial and download: http://blog.xparo.com/Home/jQuery-carousel.aspx
My absolute favourite Jquery plugin has to be JQuery Cycle:
http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/
Used it for everything from simple image cycling to content tabbing.
Liked the lightbox’s Mixed content feature
definetely going to use. Thanks.