As you know there are a host of competing javascript libraries around these days. Though I prefer jQuery, I've always liked the way the menu on MooTools worked. So in this tutorial we'll recreate that same effect ... but we'll do it in jQuery!

How To Create A "Mootools Homepage" Inspired Navigation Effect Using JQuery from Nettuts

One of the biggest challenge to web designers is finding ways to place a lot of information on a page without losing usability. Tabbed content is a great way to handle this issue and has been widely used on blogs recently. Today we're going to build a simple little tabbed information box in HTML, then make it function using some simple Javascript, and then finally we'll achieve the same thing using the jQuery library.

Create a Slick Tabbed Content Area using CSS & jQuery from Nettuts

There’s stuff all over the Web about jQuery, but finding the best tutorials to get you started can be tough. Here are Examples and tutorials from jQuery masters to keep you on the right track. We will start with jQuery masters and feature some of their best tutorials, then we will move on to more categorized tutorials, cheat sheets and hacks.

51+ Best of jQuery Tutorials and Examples from Noupe

Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The reference section includes a growing library of test cases for checking cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

Google Doctype

I have put together a lightweight (~4.5kb) JavaScript dialog box library. The script currently offers four dialog styles: alerts, warnings, prompts and success. There is nothing to add to your page except references to the JavaScript and CSS if you choose not to incorporate them in your existing files.

Custom Javascript Dialogue Boxes by Michael Leigeber

This lightweight JavaScript drop down menu script (~1.8kb) allows you to easily add smooth transitioning dropdowns to your website. This can be used for navigation, dropdown lists, info panels, etc. The script has been tested working in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera and Safari. The markup for the menu including the mouse events looks like the following.

Sliding JavaScript Dropdown Menu by Michael Leigeber

In this example, I have created an accordion effect that reveals a caption for each thumbnail. I’ve done similar navigations like this in flash, so I wanted to see how it compared to doing it with jQuery.

jQuery Examples - Horizontal Accordion from Design Reviver

Here is a hand-picked list of useful jQuery scripts and utilities, created to make your web development easier. You won’t find any fancy slides or animations in here, instead I have compiled a list of the best, most well-written and useful jQuery components on the web that I would use myself.

Useful JQuery: A Compilation of JQuery Utilities from DevKick

I wrote an article a few weeks back about javascript frameworks (Top 10 Javascript Frameworks - Which do you prefer?), and the general consensus was that jQuery was the best. I like scriptalicious and Prototype, but I have been looking at MooTools recently, and I like what I see. Here is the best of what I have found.

41 of the Best MooTools Ajax Example Downloads from Speckyboy

This is possibly one of the best and most up-to-date Javascript tutorial on internet. Highly recommended!

Eloquent JavaScript is a digital book providing a comprehensive introduction (tutorial) to the JavaScript programming language. Apart from a bookful of text, it contains plenty of example programs, and an environment to try them out and play with them.

The book is aimed at the beginning programmer ― people with prior programming experience might also get something out of it, but they should not read chapters 2 to 5 too closely, because most of the concepts discussed there will probably be nothing new to them. Do make sure you read the end of the first chapter, which has some essential information about the book itself.

Eloquent Javascript by Marijn Haverbeke

This tutorial explains how to improve form usability adding an auto message which appears and disappears with a nice fade-in and fade-out effect when an user select a field.

Improve Form Usability with Auto Messages from Antonio Lupetti

Learn how to use jQuery modal windows thanks to Nyro Dev!

Designers seem to like using modal windows more and more, as they provide a quick way to show data without reloading the entire page. It's easy to use and easy to design.

NyroModal - jQuery Plugin from Nyro Dev

If you're wondering what "Kwiks" is, it's this effect.

Kwicks for jQuery is a plugin that simulates the insatiably attractive Mootools effect of the same name.

Kwicks for jQuery by Jeremy Martin

I’ve been really getting into this jQuery phenomenon lately. jQuery is tightly tied to CSS, so if you are already comfortable with CSS and are looking for ways to expand your possibilities, jQuery is the place to be. You can achieve so many cool effects with it, and there are so many good learning resources out there for it I think it makes sense for serious web designers to start getting their hands dirty with this. In the past few weeks, I’ve come across some great tutorials and roundups that have been helping me learn, so I thought I’d share.

Learning jQuery: A Roundup Roundup from CSS Tricks

What the title says~

33 Most Beautiful Javascript and Flash Galleries from Viva Logo Design

Here’s a collection of 10 powerful – yet easy-to-implement — JavaScript effects to supplement your web page’s interface. These were picked using a “bang for your buck” methodology; meaning that these effects were chosen specifically because they provide high-impact effects with very little effort in installing and using them.

10 JavaScript Effects to Boost Your Website’s Fanciness Factor from Six Revisions

Nick La of Web Designer Wall writes awesome articles and this one just broke the Awesome-Meter™.

“This article contains 10 visual tutorials intended for web designers and newbies on how to apply Javascript effects with jQuery. In case you don’t know about jQuery, it is a "write less, do more" Javascript library. It has many Ajax and Javascript features that allow you to enhance user experience and semantic coding.”

A new javascript library called Offspring was introduced in the new A List Apart article "Keeping Your Elements' Kids in Line with Offspring". Offspring lets you use a bunch of CSS3 pseudo classes on browsers that are still quite "sucky" CSS3-wise.

“Pseudo-classes act like classes applied to an element except that they take effect based on an element’s status or its position within the document structure. For instance, you’ve probably used :visited before. The browser associates that with links if they’re visited—there’s no visited class that needs to be applied manually: it just happens. Such is the way with pseudo-classes.”