[Expired] We have two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery to Giveaway

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Today we have two copies of the paperback book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery, written by Dan Wellman, to give away to two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like or need this book.

Please Note: This competition is only open to readers from the US and Europe.

About the Book: jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery

jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQueryjQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery has been specially revised for version 1.8 of jQuery UI. It is written to maximize your experience with the library by breaking down each component and walking you through examples that progressively build upon your knowledge, taking you from beginner to advanced usage in a series of easy-to-follow steps.

Throughout the book, you’ll learn how each component can be initialized in a basic default implementation and then customize and configure each component to tailor it to your application. You’ll look at the configuration options and the methods exposed by each component’s API to see how these can be used to bring out the best of the library. Each chapter will also show you the custom events fired by the component covered and how these events can be intercepted and acted upon.

You can also download a sample PDF chapter by clicking here: Chapter No.8 “The Progressbar Widget”.

How to win these books

This competition will run for the next 7 days (ending on the 20th of Novemeber 2011) and all you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment below telling us why you would like or need this book.
Winners will be selected completely at random and will be informed within a few days of the competition ending via email.
Please note that we will need your home address for postage.

Good luck to everyone :)

  • Vi

    I always wanted to learn more about jQuery since it’s being used more often now-a-days. I know there are plenty of resources online however, a good book in hand would be nice to read from.

  • http://twitter.com/MysteryE MysteryE

    AWESOME! I’m gonna need that book! First of all, I’m a web designer working in web design company. Here in our country (Indonesia), it’s HARD to find jQuery related books. That’s why, if I got this book, it’s gonna be great!

  • ale

    I need It because JQuery is winning framework in Javascript tools, and this will be the first of many books I take on Jquery

  • Tuxuj Pes

    Wow, just what i was searching. Really needed as i joined a new company and they require UI designer not only to be able to use photoshop + html/css but jQuery as well….

  • http://www.idodesign.net Charlie

    I need this book to get myself up to speed on the jquery ui !

  • Julien Yver

    Hi,
    I’m a freelance web developer who like so much HTML5/CSS3/JQuery technologies. I always want to improve my skills. This is  why I need this book ;-)
    Thanks a lot for all your articles and tutorials!
    Julien

  • Abdelhadi Touil

    Thanks for this giveaway. I’d like to hace such book because L like jQuery very much and want to learn about it more :)

  • James Kennedy

    I would love this book as I’m in year 2 at LIT Tipperary studying Creative Multimedia and we have only touched on jQuery. Also, I love your page :)

  • Ben Willis

    Because my JQuery is terrible at present :)

  • Ink Sketch

    Been needing a ref book to learn but can’t afford. Knowing jquiry will make my resume more competitive and will hopefully lead to some jobs. Thanks for the chance to win the book.

  • Robert Hoppe

    I need this book to improve our backend application with some jQuery-UI features

  • Yoneth

    I’m needing this book soo bad, because I havent found any good tutorial out there. 

  • Kelvin

    Would love to add a good jQuery UI book to my library, a book that not only tells you about the big picture but also gets down to the details of how to use the individual widgets.

  • http://twitter.com/CompoundJ John McSwain

    I want the book because jquery is the quintessential JavaScript library for writing great web code

  • http://carloshermoso.com/ Carlos Hermoso

    Hi! I’d love to win a copy of jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery cause I’m really interested in this JavaScript library but still need to get more into it to become a jQuery ninja, so this book will be definitely a very useful guide for me. Thanks a million!

  • http://twitter.com/CompoundJ John McSwain

    I want the book because jquery is the quintessential JavaScript library for writing great web code (not sure if the first post went through)

  • waqas

    I really need this book :-)

  • http://twitter.com/jdreaves Jessica Reaves

    I am a web developer, but I do not know jquery very well. I think this would definitely help me expand on my skills and allow me to improve as a developer. 

  • Willie Meier

    By having this book as a reference, it would be a blessing for me.
    I live in Germany and obtaining reference books in English is often costly and time consuming.
    This book would make it possible for me to devote the time that would be spend searching the internet to be more productive.

  • http://twitter.com/coaststudios Coast Design Ltd

    With the imminent death of Flash, every web developer needs JQuery in their arsenal! Pick me!

    • Nicholas

      lol, dude do some research past what your mom’s told you, Flash isn’t dying.. People are actually ditching their Ipad 2′s for Android tablets so they get flash on their tablet. Look at reviews for Android tablets on best buy, etc.

  • Erik knutsson

    I need the book because i am currently studying to become a web developer. The book would be really helpful in my studies.

  • Pushpinder Bagga

    I’ve been trying to explain my client’s that Flash is dead and the same can be accomplished using jQuery Animations. In a way I can’t perfectly justify on a few occasions with live examples – this book would help me attain that knowledge and convert opportunities for me!

    Cheers!

  • http://blog.ykani.info/ Yකණී

    Unfortunately this competition close to me. Good luck guys..

  • Valentin

    I am currently using JQuery in my web development process and this book would be very useful for my work.

  • http://twitter.com/jodio2l jodio2l

    I just stumbled on your site for the first time yesterday.  I’m almost upset that I’ve been missing it for all these years but I’m excited that I will have one more tool in my arsenal to defeat Al Gore and George Bush as they continue to attempt set our standards on the Interwebs. In all seriousness though, I would not only like the book, but I need it so I can learn how to properly use jQuery for my full time job and for other endeavors. Thanks!

  • Vecta Holic

    Hello! This book would help me immensely as I’ve just begun to write my own jQuery code and finding it absolutely amazing.

  • Greg Benner

    I would love to win this JQUERY UI book to improve my wordpress installations with more dynamic beautiful content for all the world to see.

  • Digitaldroppings

    I need this book so I can stop bleeding from the mouth and rectum. This would also help prevent me from sifting through tons of websites for the codenim looking for.

  • Etrimon

    I really would be happy to have this book, jQuery is really the most developer friendly library out now!

  • agentursimon

    I am working more and more with jquery. There are a lot of informations on the web, but a good book is gold. So I would like to win the book.

  • Calcifer

    Would like this book to be good with jQuery.

  • http://twitter.com/lwill74 lwill74

    I am a graphic design student, and i just finished up an intro to web design class. This sparked an interest in web design, and I would like more about it now. I want to continue to teach myself web design, and I think this book would help me to learn useful tools for designing a quality web site.

  • http://twitter.com/tonyoso Tony Osornio

    i want the book because I suck at jquery

  • http://www.gsquaredstudios.com Gsquaredstudios

    I would really like to have this book, because I learn much better from reading a book and folowing along with the exercises. I need this book, because I am at a novice level with jQuery, and would like to get better, and this book would help tremendously.

  • http://twitter.com/komiska viktoriana

    why? for the love of jQuery and getting into deep with it . already used it in a project, but would be awesome to get into more advanced field

  • Jonny Hope

    I’d like this book as jquery is my next step, and the one thing I don’t yet understand.  I would love to make good use of jquery UI in my future projects!

  • Dina

    I’d love to win this book because, a I need to use jquery, to make better websites and for some time, make a living with it

  • Dana Toribio

    I’d love to win

  • Dana Toribio

    Well, I am a [broke] recent college graduate, so winning this book will help to add to my library without burning a hole in my wallet. I am also an aspiring web developer, a girl, and my favorite video game is Chrono Trigger. Winning this would add a +1 to the number of girls in this profession. :P Thanks for the contest offer!

  • Dane Collins

    I’m always copying jquery scripts, but would really like to understand what I’m doing, and how to write my own.

  • lookseedesign

    id love to win this book so that i can improve my jquery skills and not have to rely on others to do coding for me.

  • Betty Suravech

    I need this book simply because I’m terrible with JavaScript and would love a book on jQuery to help me improve web development skills. I think jQuery library is great for writing excellent code! 

  • http://twitter.com/gonzodesign Jan Rajtoral

    First of all let me thank you for this great opportunity! I’ld love to win this book to keep totally up-to-date with jQuery, to implement the latest stuff when making websites.

  • Matt

    i need this book because i need improve my skill in Jquery .. and i love it :)

  • http://profiles.google.com/schroder85 Søren Schrøder

    I want this, because I’ve been searching for a good jQuery book!

  • http://www.is4sbo.com Lisa Yuan

    I want this book cause I love to learn. I NEED this book because I haven’t been in the web development world for six years and was pleasantly surprised by all the changes in web, including jQuery. Where was this back in 2005?

  • http://profiles.google.com/steverobillard Steve Robillard

    I need this book because I am researching JQuery UI for the rewrite of our major product.

  • Tom B

    I love to win the book and get further insight into JQuery..

  • Pieter

    i want / need this book as i’m starting at the beginning of december with the development of a single page web app based on jquery, jquery ui & backbone js. some written documentation would be a great help! 

  • Darius Kruythoff

    I want this book so I can master the arts of quick and easy JS UI building, and because one Mr. Resig told me I should use jQuery.

  • Anthony Schultz

    I am creating n app that relies on jQueryUI, and involves me digging into it in depth in order to customize it to meet the needs of the app. One example is converting the UI framework to HTML5 and CSS3 based as opposed to being image based, this includes developing a Themeroller type app for clients to interact with in order to customize their UI. This book would go along way in helping me to understand the jQuery UI framework at another level.

  • Sergiy

    jQuery UI is superior library. I really enjoy to know more about it’s essentials and such books are ideal way to do this!

  • JF

    I’ve use a lot JQuery but have often found a way to use other plugins than JQuery UI. I know it offers a lot, would be the time to start using it.
    Thank you 

  • http://twitter.com/solangenewton Solange Newton

    Me, me, me! Because I need all the help I can get!

  • da_n

    I would like the book so I can stop pretending I know jquery when in fact I mostly just hack other peoples code together!

  • http://twitter.com/aaubone adrian aubone

    I love to have a copie of that book, I live in Buenos Aires Argentina and we don´t have many books of the subject in our bookshops. As a fact.. none.
    I am a CSS expert but my jquerys knowledge is not so strong,I got a new job two months ago and thanks to speckyboy I delivery more profesional pieces nowI recently start following the site on Twitter and love readiung all the news on the train going to the office adn back home!Thanks and I hope I win! It would by great!

  • Nicholas

    I need this book because I once knew JqueryUI, he was a friend of mine. One day while we were grooming the fields of the ninth arctic circle amongst the lily flowers that cause instant appendage rejuvenation in the human species, he said to me: “bro, I saw CSS3 in the forest of the HTML5-ites, he was just outside their camp when a jellyflonger flew down like Hugh Downs and begun broadcasting an image of a tunnel that would lead into the HTML5 city.” I said back to him: “oh?” He said: “Yes yes! So later that night while CSS3 was sleeping, an HTML5-ite came upon him and bro-punched him in the nose, and CSS3 was all ‘BRO, WHAT THE HELL BRO!’ Just then, a.. okay i’m done with this…

  • http://twitter.com/purplehayz purplehayz

    I run my own blog and I customize it a lot – I use jQuery and having a good reference to the latest would be really helpful. I probably wouldn’t buy a copy because, well, it’s ‘just my blog’ but I still want to make it as wonderful as I can – it’s my life scrapbook.

    Thanks for the great blog!

  • Iamsupersoo

    I want to win this book coz i’m about to step in to JQuery world

  • Aphiwad

    I want this book, JQuery help me alot in my project!

  • Dav Ask

    Hi,
    I am a 2 years old french web dev with a love for front-end. After one year have been in charge of rebuilt a website from scratch using jquery & html5boilerplate (beta version) both for the first time. For my third year, i will be in charge for another company of all the frontend dev as well as the best practice and more specificly of the user experience through the jquery features. To be fully able to handle that, i need this amazing book wich will saving me some time to learn webdesign and be able to fully feel what is the best user interface and be able to build a standard template containing all the best practice of the user interface.
    Best regard
    davask

  • hqdipace

    It’d help a lot to improve my skills and definitely would help to grow my career.

  • Lance Gosby

    jQuery is awesome. I love how it allows you to do some complicated things with very simple code. We’ve implemented the datepicker for our events calendar and currently I am working on something to use the accordion. This book would really help me learn more about the library and all the cool things it can do.

  • Maxx

    I’ve used jQueryUI a few times, but I’ve read a lot about it. But I think now it’s time for this, with this book. ;-) Thx!

  • pucor

    I use JQuery every day but no JQeury UI. I’d like to have this book to use JQ UI in my next project

  • Tobi

    I would love to get the book. I have used jQuery UI several times but some more background infos would be helpful.

  • http://twitter.com/NIMSRULES Nirmal Shah

    After taming jQuery 1.7, I look forward to learn and use the UI too. Thus I’d love to win this book :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/sebastien.pillien Sébastien Pillien

    Great JS library. Pleaaaase, help me to improve my knowledge.
    I like 1.7 !! It would be so good to know new features !!
    Sorry for my poor english.. Frenchies may be good coders, but not good english writers.. LOL !!
    Best regards from Paris,France

  • edgarleijs

    This is THE way to get into JavaScript. I consider jQuery more & more as a standard. As a HTML5 and CSS3 addict I really need to get more into jQuery for better UX, better Mobile, better standards… eeuh… a better me? :D

  • http://www.howtomake.com.ua HTM

    Hi! I need this book to increase their knowledge of the library jQuery UI, I’ll be very happy if it gets into the hands of my fancy)

  • http://twitter.com/christianoliff christianoliff ☺

    I’ve been reading a lot about jQuery UI and testing it out locally but would love a book to teach me a lot more on how to get the best out of it. Thanks.

  • Stuart

    I have dabled with JQuery over the last year and whilst impressed, would like to sit down, read the book and give myself a better understanding of how best I can use it.

    Stuart

  • http://twitter.com/DamselflyDev John Hobson

    I have dabbled with jQuery in the past and have recently become a full time freelance web developer. jQuery is an area that I really need to sharpen up my skills on, this book would be an awesome learning aid to that end!

  • proos

    I need this book to improve my skills.

  • Luci

    I’m using jQuery for my webapp and since I want to update all my scripts to the latest version, since I’m using the old 1.4, I think this book can help me a lot.

  • Jérome Loï

    i want this book, because it would be a huge loss for me to eat cookies without reading a good book, and this one seems to fit my cookie pauses

  • cwgregory

    Jquery is the best technology for websites these days, and I need to learn more about it.

  • http://gasgrillsonsaleinfo.com Deerawan

    I’d love to win this book to enhance my JQuery capability especially to learn new features of JQuery 1.8. This book will be very useful for me. 

    Thank you :)

  • Dan

    I prefer reading real books instead of ebooks… that’s why I would like to lift my (rather poor) jquery knowledge to the next level with learning the UI-part of this great library!

  • Pineapple

    I don’t need it at all, but then it might be nice to know a bit more about the subject.

  • Drrakken

    This would be a great benefit with talking up the ladies :-D. 
    No but seriously…. would help much in my job!

  • KWeb

    I’m always up for improving my IT skills and JQuery is one that I am discovering more about at the moment so this book would be a great help. Nice giveaway. Thanks.

  • Amidude

    Having returned from a 6 month deployment I find myself feeling a bit rusty. Sitting down with books and pounding out code is the best way to polish up the skills. Thankfully, I’ve found a great job since my return but want to make sure I get up to speed quickly.

  • http://shinytoyrobots.com/ Robin Cannon

    I’m always trying to push jQuery as much as possible in my web design. Every little piece of information helps!

  • Tony Dunsworth

    I’m currently working on multiple projects which could use a good common UI theme and I’m a little more than rusty with this framework, so this would come in handy.

  • mi

    I’d really like to have this book, because it’s probably the last that is missing in my dev library.

    Senkju senkju

  • hille142

    I have a lot of books from Packt and they are all very valuable to any developer! Working now with jQuery in my latest project, I’m looking for a replacement for the drag-and-drop functionality I use from mootools. I’m sure, jQueryUI can help me there, when I’ve studied the book!

  • ngstji

    I started designing sites in Flash (yeah, I know) but have taught myself HTML and CSS. I now produce semantic markup and, when needed, in HTML5 & CSS3, but my next task is to learn jQuery — and this book will give me a serious head start!

  • Moniquehasana

    I really need to step up my game with my design and mastering jquery is a must.

    Thanks for offering

  • Hipatrick

    If I have this book, then, I can have a reading with my family, probably its a most wonderful time in my life.

  • http://twitter.com/_rs_____ rs

    I’m currently into learning jquery professional, but couldn’t afford the book my self… so it would be great to win this one =)

  • http://takenoshin.net Takenoshin

    I love reading 

  • Felix Kjäll

    I’ve seen the potential, but I’ve never quite used jQuery UI fully in any live projects. Would be nice to go all in, sometime.

  • zulu

    Because I wouldn’T like to stop learning!

  • Timothy Whalin

    I’ve been studying and using jQuery for personal and business designs for the last 6 months. Kind of been experimenting and learning. Would love to get this book to learn how to properly use jQuery. Thanks!

  • Cole Sanderson

    I am currently studying New Media Design and Web Development at BCIT. I am very into codes and I find that jQuery can benefit my website to become more interactively. I hope I can win this book so I can improve my skills in jQuery to make the best interactive websites. 

  • Seanmyr

    I will be starting a new job soon.  In this job I will be using jQuery of which I I consider myself about a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.  I believe this book would help me out greatly in my new job.

  • taronfoxworth

    I need it because I’m a broke college students who wants to become a great web developer

  • Sven Vanbrabant

    Seems like a very interesting book.
    I want to have it!

  • http://www.mactonweb.com web design london

    This book would make it possible for me to devote the time that would be spend searching the internet to be more productive.

  • http://twitter.com/_TomSchott Tom Schott

    I just want it! So I can learn more about jQuery UI.

  • KindaAtieh

    Jquery is amazing!

  • http://www.wisekal.ca Bryce Wisekal

    Ironic

  • http://www.wisekal.ca Bryce Wisekal

    It’s ironic. Just a few hours ago I was looking at this to purchase and then on Facebook I am seeing a chance to win the book for free. How awesome is that :) Can’t miss out on a free opportunity. Why I’d like to win this book? It’s quite simple. I am looking for ways in which I can improve my knowledge of jQuery and this looks to be a great way. Best of luck to everyone!

  • Syed Nayab

    i am not gonna win it..but anybody who gets it..make a good tutorial and share it for free please…

  • Miikka

    This book would be useful while developing our web apps.

  • http://twitter.com/HJennerway Harry Jennerway

    jQuery can do so much and I’ve learnt so much about UI design. So far I’ve only converted 2 other devs away from the MS AJAX.NET toolkit, but my discliple’s job is never done.

  • http://www.cliffpaulick.com Cliff Paulick

    I like to win stuff.

  • Tzam

    It’s gonna be very usefull for my job, it’s missing from my library… 

  • http://squashracketreviews.net Mehmet

    Because I need to learn. That is why I want to have one.

  • nivred

    We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false

  • Edjey

    Because excellect mobile ux is required to wake up us to sense we may have time to save the world!