Overview
JavaScript 1.5 by Example starts with a taste of JavaScript – what it is, what it¿s for, and what readers need to get started. The book then explains how to add JavaScript to existing HTML pages, leading readers into the fundamentals of the language including JavaScript syntax, notation and conventions, communicating with users via input and output, manipulating variables and data, logic statements in JavaScript, and object programming with JavaScript. The book progresses to an explanation of JavaScript¿s role in Dynamic HTML, and how that power can be exploited to create animation, navigation, forms processing and more.
Synopsis
JavaScript 1.5 by Example starts with a taste of JavaScript – what it is, what it¿s for, and what readers need to get started. The book then explains how to add JavaScript to existing HTML pages, leading readers into the fundamentals of the language including JavaScript syntax, notation and conventions, communicating with users via input and output, manipulating variables and data, logic statements in JavaScript, and object programming with JavaScript. The book progresses to an explanation of JavaScript¿s role in Dynamic HTML, and how that power can be exploited to create animation, navigation, forms processing and more.
Booknews
Explains the fundamentals of the JavaScript, from basic syntax to advanced concepts including Dynamic HTML. JavaScript, the programming language allowing increased interactivity between users and web pages, is explained through examples, with screen shots illustrating many of the techniques described. Coverage includes integrating JavaScript into HTML; using JavaScript Objects for efficient programming; and manipulating the Objects Model to create DHTML effects. For beginning to intermediate users. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)