This is a quick example to see how to wire up a Firestore database to a simple jQuery app that will demonstrate basic CRUD operations (create/read/update/delete).

In this quick example we will see how we can use Wix Code to create a custom form that saves into Database collection and do simple back-end validation.

Kendo UI Grid is a very popular widget for visualizing data tables. And in this example will demonstrate how to get CRUD(create/read/update/destroy) operations to work with ASP.Net(C#) Web Method.

A quick example on how to dynamically load a Kendo UI Mobile Collapsible from AJAX-generated content.

Velocity is a new animation engine that can be used with jQuery to accelerate the speed of animations. It optimizes the animation process by minimizing layout thrashing and DOM querying. As a result, you get much better performance on your animations when compared to using the jQuery $.animate() method.

Readers would be pleased to know that we have teamed up again with Packt Publishing to offer you a Giveaway of their book jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials (Second Edition) and 3 lucky winners have the chance to win it.

Thanks to the new Twitter API v1.1, it is now impossible to query the API using pure JavaScript code! So, in this quick tutorial will see how to use PHP to do Application-only authentication and forward the API result of the required resource to JavaScript, plus caching API results to prevent rate-limit errors.

It's very exciting to announce that we have teamed up with Packt Publishing to organize a Giveaway of their latest book on Wijmo UIs and 2 lucky winners stand a chance to win it.

It's not Thanksgiving yet, but this a long-overdue 'Thank You' to bloggers who have featured my work on their blogs since I started blogging 4 years ago!

Since jQuery v1.5, it became possible to set timeout on script and JSONP requests. Before that version, timeout was only applied to other types of AJAX requests. Timeout can be very useful as it is the only way to detect the failure of a JSONP request.

It is time we go through our monthly roundup of the most popular jQuery plugins of March 2012, you will definitely want to try these.

Last month, many great jQuery plugins were created and new versions were released too. Now, lets go through some of the most popular plugins in February 2012.

Last month developers were busy with jQuery and it is time to go through some of the most popular jQuery plugins they created in January 2012.

Since jQuery was released in 2006, it has changed the way we think of JavaScript. And because of its simplicity, it has motivated many enthusiastic developers to create thousands of useful plugins and extends its functionality. Now, lets go through some of the most popular jQuery plugins of 2011 as It's almost over.

Highly customizable search widget for Google+ that is inspired by Twitter widgets. This widget searches across the body and comments of public posts and displays a summarized version of matching posts with any attached images.

This is my second take on Google+ API, last month I created a profile widget for Google+ users. Google+ API was released a month ago, and in couple weeks later they added search support too. If you are starting to develop with Google+, you may check these API tips.

After doing my latest jQuery plugin for Google+, I would like to share a few tips to help you get started quickly with Google+ API.

As Google+ API was just released a couple days ago, it is time to have a posts widget for it. So, this widget was created to display your Google+ profile and slides down your recent posts with any attached images.

 Update Nov 8, 2011 :   You can use the widget to display the posts of your Google+ Brand Page too, check Demo 1.

When you are working in jQuery with generated HTML fragments that are returned from AJAX, It is interesting to note these cases..

This is my second take on "Twitter Score Bookmarklet" but this time using Klout instead of Topsy to quickly display online influence score of Twitter accounts.

Klout uses many variables to provide overall influence score, true reach, amplification probability, and network score.

Inspired by Twitter Hovercards, this bookmarklet was made to help me quickly view the data of Twitter accounts plus their Topsy influence score before I decide to follow them.