I don’t usually give space on our blog to products from other businesses, but I have a soft spot for Packt. They are my go-to technical publisher, because I know that whatever the web technology I’m interested in, they’re going to have a title available, even if it’s a really new technology. Their prices are

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Another volume in the growing “Instant” range from Packt Publishing, Instant jQuery Selectors by Aurelio De Rosa is a succinct but comprehensive introduction to the use of jQuery selectors. The “Instant” books tend to tackle one bite-sized topic over the course of 50 or so pages, and this e-book is no exception. One of the most

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Another mini-book from Packt, Instant jQuery 2.0 Table Manipulation How-to does exactly what is says on the cover. In a single chapter it walks you through a number of jQuery code snippets which will help to bring your tables to life.  From basic topics like table striping for readability, through pagination, filtering and plugins, the book