“In this tutorial, we’ll see how you can easily create a WordPress plugin from a jQuery one. We’ll review what a jQuery, or a WordPress plugin is actually made of, so we’ll find the elements they both have in common. From there, we’ll show how it leads us to perform some simple operations to allow us to benefit from our jQuery plugins in a WordPress template.
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Great article that show us step by step converting jQuery plugin into WordPress plugin.
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“Javascript is not anymore required for simple animation.
Specifically, we don’t need Javascript to manage animation with setInterval or with any library like jQuery.animate : Forget the animation management, stay focused on the real work.
In this article, I will try to explain why and how using css3-transition with some examples.”

Great article that explain step by step about CSS3 Transitions also showcasing how these properties rocks.
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“If you are frightened by the prospects of using Cascading Style Sheets, there’s no need to be. Using a computer can be daunting for someone coming to it afresh but after a while, you think nothing of it. It all comes down to taking small steps to begin with and that’s what I’m going to do in this series of tutorials. One step at a time!”

Nice article which explore in depth with CSS basic.

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