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How to Create a jQuery Image Cropping Plugin from Scratch – Part I
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Web applications need to provide easy-to-use solutions for uploading and manipulating rich content. This process can create difficulties for some users who have minimal photo editing skills. Cropping is one of the most used photo manipulation techniques, and this step-by-step tutorial will cover the entire development process of an image cropping plug-in for the jQuery JavaScript library.
Step 1. Setting Up The Workspace
First, we are going to set up our project workspace for this tutorial. Begin by creating a hierarchy of directories and empty files named as exemplified in the image below:
Next, you’ll need to download the jQuery JavaScript library and place it inside the /resources/js/ folder. The image ...
