"Deferreds, new in jQuery 1.5, decouple logic dependent on the outcome of a task from the task itself. They're nothing new to the JavaScript scene; Mochikit and Dojo have implemented them for some time, but with Julian Aubourg's AJAX rewrite landing in 1.5, deferreds in jQuery was the logical next step. With deferreds, multiple callbacks can be bound to a task's outcome, and any of these callbacks can be bound even after the task is complete. The task in question may be asynchronous, but not necessarily. "
"The jQuery UI Team is proud to announce that we are building a rich, fast grid widget that will enhance an HTML table with data linking, sorting, paging, filtering, row selection, and inline editing. As part of this process, we'll be building the features of the grid as standalone widgets and revisiting existing jQuery UI components. At the end of this process, not only will we have a grid, but also a better-tested, more feature-complete user interface library."
" The jQuery UI widgets are brilliant. They speed up web development no end with those easy to use controls. The downside is remembering all the HTML mark-up and widget options! "
"jQuery throttle / debounce allows you to rate-limit your functions in multiple useful ways. Passing a delay and callback to $.throttle returns a new function that will execute no more than once every delay milliseconds. Passing a delay and callback to $.debounce returns a new function that will execute only once, coalescing multiple sequential calls into a single execution at either the very beginning or end."
"jQuery's $(document).ready() event is something that you probably learned about in your earliest exposure to jQuery and then rarely thought about again. The way it abstracts away DOM timing issues is like a warm security blanket for code running in a variety of cold, harsh browser windows."
"Due to popular demand, here is a tutorial on how I created one of the more
complicated pieces of machinery on my new site: the contact form. A lot of
different techniques went into this"