JavaScript Step By Step 2nd Edition

Description

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of JavaScript development.

Teach yourself how to program with JavaScript -- one step at time. Ideal for developers with fundamental programming skills, this practical tutorial provides the clear guidance and hands-on examples you need to create or customize interactive Web applications using core JavaScript features and techniques.

Discover how to:

* Write and deploy JavaScript code with Microsoft(R) Visual Studio(R) 2010, the Eclipse IDE, or text editors
* Work with JavaScript syntax and data types
* Use the Document Object Model to retrieve, create, and change HTML elements
* Create rollover images and slideshow effects
* Validate and provide feedback for user input on Web forms
* Manipulate CSS styles and respond to browser events
* Develop interactive Web applications using AJAX
* Help speed development with JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

* All the books practice files -- ready to download and put to work.
* Fully searchable online edition of this book -- with unlimited access on the Web.

 The print version of this book includes free digital content online. To download, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

CONTENTS:

; Acknowledgements; Introducing JavaScript Step by Step, Second Edition; Who Should Read This Book?; Features and Conventions of This Book; What’s in the Companion Content; Downloading the Companion Content; Minimum System Requirements; Getting Help; Getting Help with This Book and the Companion Content; JavaWhat? The Where, Why, and How of JavaScript; Chapter 1: JavaScript Is More Than You Might Think; 1.1 A Brief History of JavaScript; 1.2 What’s in a JavaScript Program?; 1.3 JavaScript Placement on Your Webpage; 1.4 What JavaScript Can Do; 1.5 What JavaScript Can’t Do; 1.6 Tips for Using JavaScript; 1.7 What’s New in ECMAScript Version 5?; 1.8 Exercises; Chapter 2: Developing in JavaScript; 2.1 JavaScript Development Options; 2.2 Configuring Your Environment; 2.3 Writing JavaScript with Visual Studio 2010; 2.4 Writing JavaScript with Eclipse; 2.5 Writing JavaScript Without an IDE; 2.6 Debugging JavaScript; 2.7 Exercises; Chapter 3: JavaScript Syntax and Statements; 3.1 A Bit of Housekeeping; 3.2 JavaScript Statements; 3.3 Reserved Words in JavaScript; 3.4 A Quick Look at Functions; 3.5 JavaScript’s New Strict Mode; 3.6 Exercises; Chapter 4: Working with Variables and Data Types; 4.1 Data Types in JavaScript; 4.2 Defining and Using Variables; 4.3 Using the RegExp Object; 4.4 Learning About Type Conversions; 4.5 Exercises; Chapter 5: Using Operators and Expressions; 5.1 Meet the Operators; 5.2 Additive Operators; 5.3 Multiplicative Operators; 5.4 Bitwise Operators; 5.5 Equality Operators; 5.6 Relational Operators; 5.7 Unary Operators; 5.8 Assignment Operators; 5.9 The Comma Operator; 5.10 Exercises; Applying JavaScript; Chapter 6: Controlling Flow with Conditionals and Loops; 6.1 If (and How); 6.2 Using else if and else Statements; 6.3 Working with Ternary Conditionals; 6.4 Testing with switch; 6.5 Looping with while; 6.6 Using for Loops; 6.7 Validating Forms with Conditionals; 6.8 Exercises; Chapter 7: Working with Functions; 7.1 What’s in a Function?; 7.2 Methods; 7.3 A Look at Dialog Functions; 7.4 Exercises; Chapter 8: Objects in JavaScript; 8.1 Object-Oriented Development; 8.2 Creating Objects; 8.3 Finding Out More About Arrays; 8.4 Taking Advantage of Built-in Objects; 8.5 Exercises; Chapter 9: The Browser Object Model; 9.1 Introducing the Browser; 9.2 A Sense of Self; 9.3 Getting Information About the Screen; 9.4 Using the navigator Object; 9.5 The location Object; 9.6 The history Object; 9.7 Exercises; Integrating JavaScript into Design; Chapter 10: The Document Object Model; 10.1 The Document Object Model Defined; 10.2 Retrieving Elements; 10.3 Working with Attributes; 10.4 Creating Elements; 10.5 Deleting Elements; 10.6 Exercises; Chapter 11: JavaScript Events and the Browser; 11.1 Understanding Window Events; 11.2 Detecting Visitor Information; 11.3 Opening, Closing, and Resizing Windows; 11.4 Timers; 11.5 Exercises; Chapter 12: Creating and Consuming Cookies; 12.1 Understanding Cookies; 12.2 Creating Cookies with JavaScript; 12.3 Reading Cookies with JavaScript; 12.4 Removing Cookies; 12.5 Exercises; Chapter 13: Working with Images in JavaScript; 13.1 Working with Image Rollovers; 13.2 Preloading Images; 13.3 Working with Slideshows; 13.4 Working with Image Maps; 13.5 Exercises; Chapter 14: Using JavaScript with Web Forms; 14.1 JavaScript and Web Forms; 14.2 Obtaining Form Data; 14.3 Working with Form Information; 14.4 Prevalidating Form Data; 14.5 Exercises; Chapter 15: JavaScript and CSS; 15.1 What Is CSS?; 15.2 The Relationship Between JavaScript and CSS; 15.3 Exercises; Chapter 16: JavaScript Error Handling; 16.1 Introducing Two Ways to Handle Errors; 16.2 Using try/catch; 16.3 Using the onerror Event; 16.4 Exercises; AJAX and Server-Side Integration; Chapter 17: JavaScript and XML; 17.1 Using XML with JavaScript; 17.2 Working with XML Data from Excel 2007; 17.3 A Preview of Things to Come; 17.4 Exercises; Chapter 18: JavaScript Applications; 18.1 Components of JavaScript Applications; 18.2 JavaScript and Web Interfaces; Chapter 19: A Touch of AJAX; 19.1 Introduction to AJAX; 19.2 The XMLHttpRequest Object; 19.3 Case Study: Live Searching and Updating; 19.4 Exercises; Chapter 20: A Bit Deeper into AJAX; 20.1 Creating an HTML Table with XML and CSS; 20.2 Styling the Table with CSS; 20.3 Creating a Dynamic Drop-Down Box; 20.4 Accepting Input from the User and AJAX; 20.5 Exercises; jQuery; Chapter 21: An Introduction to JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks; 21.1 Understanding Programming Libraries; 21.2 Definiiiiiing Your Own JavaScript Library; 21.3 Looking at Popular JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks; 21.4 Exercises; Chapter 22: An Introduction to jQuery; 22.1 jQuery Primer; 22.2 Using jQuery; 22.3 Using Selectors; 22.4 Functions; 22.5 Events; 22.6 AJAX and jQuery; 22.7 More jQuery; 22.8 Exercises; Chapter 23: jQuery Effects and Plug-Ins; 23.1 Core Features for Enhancing Usability; 23.2 jQuery UI; 23.3 Exercises; Answer Key to Exercises; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; About the Author;