If you are a web developer who wants a broad, organized view of all that jQuery library has to offer or a quick reference on your desk to refer to for particular details, Packt’s jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer is the book for you.

As the title implies, jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide is not a tutorial. You should be familiar with jQuery to leverage the content of the book.

Knowledge of HTML and CSS is required and you should be comfortable with the syntax of JavaScript.

As far as I can say, the book outlines on 300 pages the complete jQuery API. Reading is not much exiting; don’t forget: it’s a reference guide!

Build your own opinion reading Chapter No 4 : ‘DOM Manipulation Methods’ prior to order your copy.