jQuery 1.9 was released on January 15, 2013 and marks an important milestone on the road to world domination. The code has been streamlined in readiness for version 2.0 which drops IE6, 7 and 8 support.
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Other jQuery

• Ten Useful JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins for Web Developers
• The Return of the jQuery Plugin Registry
• What`s New in jQuery UI 1.9
• Why We Develop jQuery Plugins
• Developing a Simple jQuery Game to Improve Your Memory

Cookies are the most used technology for storing data on the client side. My previous article, How to Deal with Cookies in JavaScript, explained how to perform CRUD operations with cookies using raw JavaScript. This article turns to jQuery, and will guide you through the use of jquery.cookie, a plugin which makes cookie processing simple.
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Other Intermediate

• Parsing an ISO datestamp
• Combining CoffeeScript with ASP.NET
• Web Scraping in Node.js
• Ten Useful JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins for Web Developers
• Intelligent String Abbreviation

For all of you jQuery plugin developers out there, we have some exciting news to announce. The new jQuery Plugin Registry site recently went live. This new site replaces the old plugin registry, and will “put an emphasis on remedying a number of the issues” that plagued the old site. The site has a very simple interface, which allows plugin consumers to perform keyword based searches.
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Other Advanced

• Making HTTP Requests in Node.js
• Debugging Unit Tests Using js-test-driver
• Happy Holidays from CoffeeScript
• Fixing the details Element
• Introducing the Geeksphone by Mozilla

LiveConnect is a technique that allows Java and JavaScript to communicate with each other. It allows your Java class to call JavaScript methods and access the JavaScript environment. JavaScript can also access Java objects and invoke methods on them. LiveConnect was first implemented in the Netscape browser, and currently Mozilla Firefox fully supports this feature. In this tutorial you will learn how to write code that makes the communication between Java and JavaScript possible.
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Other Advanced

• The Return of the jQuery Plugin Registry
• Making HTTP Requests in Node.js
• Cloud Deployment of Node.js Applications with Nodejitsu
• Prototypes in JavaScript
• Debugging Unit Tests Using js-test-driver

Sometimes you need a nice effect to boost your website’s look and feel, and catch your visitors’ attention. There are many free and ready-to-use plugins out there that can enhance the style of your website. This tutorial will guide you through the development of a cross-browser jQuery plugin that creates randomly placed, randomly sized, flashing text inside a given box. It’ll also take into account disability issues (hey, we’re talking about flashing text), providing a stop() method to stop the effect. The plugin will allow several animations on the same page, with every animation being completely independent from the others. The final result will be a JavaScript file which you can easily include in your pages.
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Other Intermediate

• Instant Form Validation Using JavaScript
• Introducing the Battery Status API
• Working with Geolocation and the Google Maps API
• Why We Develop jQuery Plugins
• Practical JavaScript Accessibility

Whether you are a novice front end designer or an experienced web developer, every one of us has faced a situation where we write hundred lines of code and nothing seems to run as expected. If you have experience working in JavaScript and jQuery, then you might understand how troublesome it is to find a simple bug which was left behind unintentionally.
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Other Intermediate

• Trimming Strings in JavaScript
• Using Web Storage
• List Processing in CoffeeScript
• Creating a Flashing Text Effect with jQuery
• Classes in CoffeeScript

With all the talk of desktop, tablet, and mobile, there is another type of browser which tends to slip through the cracks – console browsers. In late 2012, Nintendo released it’s Wii U console, an eighth generation console which introduces a GamePad that features a second screen experience. The Wii U also features a NetFront browser powered by WebKit, making the programming model somewhat similar to that of Safari for iOS. This article explores the console’s browser, including the Wii U specific JavaScript API.
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Other Gaming

• Gaming: Battle on the High Seas, Part 5
• Gaming: Battle on the High Seas, Part 2
• Unleash Your Inner Ninja with Jump Start CoffeeScript
• Gaming: Battle on the High Seas, Part 1
• Gaming: Battle on the High Seas, Part 4