jQuery Roundup: Screencasts, $.data() Tutorial, Rails Switching to jQuery
More jQuery Screencasts

I’ve previously mentioned Josh Timonen’s awesome screencasts, and he sent us two more jQuery-focused tutorials:
- Improving the Delicious Bookmark Button with jQuery
- Building a Simple AJAX Website with Sinatra & jQuery
Linking JavaScript Objects to HTML Elements
In Linking JavaScript Objects to HTML Elements, Tait Brown discusses using the $.data() function to maintain relationships between markup and server-side data. It’s written from a designer’s perspective, which was interesting to me (as a predominantly server-side developer).
Rails 3.1 Shipping with jQuery
David Heinemeier Hansson announced that Rails 3.1 is moving to jQuery as the built-in JavaScript library. Rails had previously bundled Prototype and had tight integration with script.aculo.us.