jQuery, being one of the most popular & powerful JavaScript frameworks around, is offering a slick experience to users at every level.

Its website is a huge resource of documentation, examples & tutorials for anyone who is into it.

Besides the documentation jQuery offers, following other jQuery users is a great way to learn more & get inspired to discover new ways for taking advantage of this library.

Here are 15+ blogs to follow for jQuery fans that frequently create jQuery-oriented content:

John Resig

Besides being the creator of jQuery, he has other creative JavaScript-related projects like:

• Processing.js
• Sizzle.js
• FireUnit & more

Not only for jQuery users but for anyone into JavaScript, his blog is a great source of information & inspiration.

Official jQuery Blog

The blog covers any type of updates related to jQuery from new versions to jQuery-related posts in the blogosphere, events & more.

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Tutorialzine is sharing a nice tutorial with source on creating a fancy Ajaxed contact form that is built with jQuery & PHP.

The form is unobtrusive & has a server-side validation which makes it degrade gracefully when the JavaScript is turned off.

It takes advantage of 2 jQuery plugins:

• formValidator – for validation
• JQTransform – for stying input fields

and a PHP class:

• PHPMailer – for sending the e-mails

The contact form also has a basic captcha which works by asking the sum of 2 random numbers.

To check a demo of the form, click here.

Tutorialzine is sharing a beautiful tutorial (with source) on creating an Ajaxed drag’n drop shopping cart with jQuery & PHP.

It uses MySQL for storing the data & simpleTip plugin for displaying information about the products with style.

It takes advantage of the jQuery UI’s draggable & droppable behaviours to accomplish the flawless experience.

The shopping cart is not a ready-to-go one for an e-commerce website but it is a nice base for creating one by improving the features.

Tip: Tutorialzine provides other nice tutorials which you may be interested in like:

• A Stylish Navigation Menu With jQuery
• Creating a Facebook-like Registration Form with jQuery

Few days ago, the JavaScript Framework Matrix, which enables you to make a detailed comparison of JS frameworks, was shared at WRD.

Bestwebframeworks has a wider look with less detail & makes comparing PHP, JavaScript, Ruby & CSS frameworks easier.

Frameworks are listed very clearly and shows:

• their licenses
• requirements
• features
• compatibility

depending on the category viewed.

Also, it is possible to hide any framework & sort titles for a quicker comparison.

In some cases the standard HTML list box doesn’t offer a good usability like the need of scrolling or using both the keyboard & mouse.

MTMultiselect is a paginated & filterable multi-select widget built with MooTools.

The user can easily see the selected/non-selected items & can get all the functionality with only using the mouse.

The widget can be styled completely with CSS.

For a demo, click here.

jQuery (mb)Gallery is a jQuery plugin for creating image galleries with a slideshow feature.

It is possible to present the galleries in any way wanted & adding a link to display them in the main gallery viewer.

The plugin has an inline thumbnail browser which is great to easily switch between images.

It offers multiple parameters for an easy customization like:

• width, height & colors
• auto-starting from a pre-defined image
• auto-sliding to be on/off
• timings between each slides
• & more..

Tip: The author of the plugin, Matteo Bicocchi, has other jQuery plugins which are presented in his ideas repository.

The JavaScript Framework Matrix, by Mathias Schütz, is a well-presented comparison of the popular JavaScript frameworks.

It shows examples for most of the functions which gives a strong idea on the coding principles of every framework.

The libraries included are:

• jQuery
• MooTools
• The Dojo Toolkit
• Prototype
• Script.aculo.us
• Ext.JS
• Adobe Spry
• BBC Glow
• Yahoo UI! Library

Every function/snippet provided links to the original documentation which is nice for reading more on the resource.

WebSlide is a free & JavaScript-based application for displaying/presenting images easily.

Mostly, it is built for viewing website design mockups which is very handy for freelancers & web agencies.

Slides can be switched with the help of a navigation bar or by keyboard. The navigation bar can also display any other information about the content displayed.

Images can be zoomed in/out & moved by drag’n drops. Optionally, presentations can be protected with passwords.

WebSlide does not have any server-side requirements & can be installed in minutes.

VanadiumJS is an intuitive-yet-powerful jQuery plugin for easy client-side validation.

It supports Ajax & regular server-side response results. The rules to be applied can be defined in 2 ways:

• JSON structure
• inline markup

Some of the default rules include:

• presence
• a special format
• numbers (integer, float)
• length
• acceptance (checkboxes)
• & much more..

VanadiumJS offers various customization settings like, ability to validate-as-you-type or validation-on-submit, waiting x seconds before validating as-you-type, etc.

FCKeditor, one of the most popular free WYSIWYG editors around now has a new version with more features & a lighter name: CKEditor.

WYSIWYG editors generally load slow due to the highly-used JavaScript. One of the best things CKEditor offers is the seriously improved perfomance to eliminate this problem.

Also, it is now an accessible script in compliance with the W3C WCAG & the US Section 508.

CKEditor offers a rich & powerful integration and interaction API. The editor is also totally plugin based & can be extended/modified in all senses to fit every need.

With a new user interface based on a fresh skin which is colorful like a chameleon, you can change its color to match your needs.