I thought it would be appropriate to list out a handful of jQuery samples and plugins that are our favorite to use. jQuery is one of the most innovative javascript frameworks available today and we love to use it extensively on our projects, for ourselves and our clients. Here is a small list of samples and plugins that we love and we feel you will as well.
1) Slide Elements in Different Directions
A wonderful tutorial on how to make elements move on the page based on actions that you have performed. View Tutorial
2) jQuery Form Plugin
An excellent plugin that will easily allow you to submit your forms using jQuery and Ajax. View Plugin
3) Submit a form without Page Refresh
Another excellent forms tutorial that describes how easy it is to submit forms with simple javascript and html. View Tutorial
4) JQuery Curvy Corners
A nice script to turn elements into curvy corners. Until CSS3 is fully implements with border-radius, this is a fantastic alternative. View Plugin
5) JQuery Form Validation
Form validation is one of the biggest wastes of time to code from scratch, but is needed. It is much better to validate on the front end rather than submitting to the backend to minimize load on the server. This plugin is one the coolest and best I have seen. It is extremely easy to implement for any or all fields on your forms. View Plugin
6) JQuery UI Theme Roller
Even when using javascript libraries and plugins sometimes it can be very time consuming to add your own styles and themes. With the JQuery UI Theme Roller, it makes using the UI library much easier to integrate in your style to use common UI components.View Tutorial
7) Fancybox
If you are looking for a nice clean looking popup for displaying video, images, flash, etc. Then Fancybox could be what you are looking to use. This is one of the nicest and cleanest we have seen, and implementation is a breeze.View Plugin
8) Sliding Login Panel
A login panel can be really nice when it is hidden and only shown when you click the login button or link. In this example, it will show you how to implement a hidden panel that will slide down from the top of the page so you can get back some real estate on your page’s layout.View Tutorial
9) Popup Bubble
I have seen sites like Panic’s Coda where they have a really nice popup bubble when you hover over the downloads. I knew jQuery would make this very easy to do but found a tutorial that already explains how to do this.View Tutorial
10) Mega Drop Down Menus w/ CSS & jQuery
A really awesome tutorial on how to build a super clean drop down box as your menu bar.View Plugin
OK OK, I know I said 10 of our favorites but I had to add one more to the list.
11)Twitter Feeds with jQuery.
This has been one of the easier plugins to implement with jquery and love the way it integrates into Twitter. View Plugin
