jQuery

[rhoenix]

jQuery is hot, wet, loud, sweaty sex disguised as an addition and enhancement to Javascript.

If you've done web programming or scripting before, you've very likely had to use Javascript at some point. If you have with any degree of regularity, I strongly suggest you check out jQuery, especially given the results of tinkering with it that I've had already, in the past two days.

The bad news is that the syntax for using it is different from Javascript. The good news is that it makes more sense once you get the hang of it.

For more information, check out Webmonkey.com's tutorial on jQuery, and of course, jquery.com, though I recommend you go through their site documentation after you go through the tutorial, because the tutorial on it is that good.

[rhoenix]

As an aside, Webmonkey's site has tutorials for pretty much everything related to basic web design, from the very basics of HTML on up through server-side scripting and Ajax if you're feeling frisky. That site is where I got my start in learning.