JavaScript Bible

Get interactive with this definitive guide to JavaScript

Do you want to add interactivity to your web pages or gain more control over how browsers display your content? This bestselling guide shows you how to use JavaScript to give your site visitors a more engaging experience. Packed with sample code and ready-to-use scripts, it helps you quickly master JavaScript fundamentals and deploy strategies that best suit your web goals. You'll be on your way to writing scripts for rollover effects, taking advantage of Web 2.0, using JavaScript subr

• Explore the latest advances in JavaScript programming

• Develop a scripting strategy and select the right tools

• Master closures, generators, and iterators

• Apply the latest JavaScript exception handling and custom object techniques

• Harness the power of the Document Object Model

• Launch Web 2.0 applications using Ajax, E4X/XML, and JSON

• Perform data entry validation and enhance security

• outine libraries, and more!

What's on the CD-ROM?

You'll find a large collection of extras on the CD-ROM, including a searchable e-version of the book with additional reference details, and 29 bonus JavaScript chapters on advanced topics such as data-entry validation, debugging scripts, cross-browser dynamic HTML issues, and more.

Also on the CD:

• 10 full-fledged JavaScript applications

• 300+ ready-to-run scripts

• All the code in the book

System Requirements: See the CD-ROM appendix for details and complete system requirements.

CD-ROM Included!

• 29 bonus chapters

• 300+ ready-to-run scripts

• 10 real-world JavaScript applications

Make your web site interactive

Create dynamic content for today's browsers

Master Document Object Model concepts

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The author covers the basics of document objects and forms, control structures, functions, operators, Java applets, the differences between Netscape and Microsoft's implementations of JavaScript, cross- browser dynamic HTML applications, and debugging tools. Includes beginning and advanced tutorials, and appends answers to the tutorial exercises as well as a list of JavaScript Internet resources. The CD- ROM contains the complete JavaScript for the examples in the book and seven additional chapters with working applications, including calendars, forms, graphics, intelligent flags, and a decision helper. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Danny Goodman is the author of numerous critically acclaimed and best-selling books, including The Complete HyperCard Handbook, Danny Goodman’s AppleScript Handbook, Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, and JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook. He is a renowned authority on and expert teacher of computer scripting languages. His writing style and pedagogy continue to earn praise from readers and teachers around the world.

Michael Morrison is a writer, developer, toy inventor, and author of a variety of books covering topics such as Java, C++, Web scripting, XML, game development, and mobile devices. Some of Michael’s notable writing projects include Faster Smarter HTML and XML, Teach Yourself HTML & CSS in 24 Hours, and Beginning Game Programming. Michael is also the founder of Stalefish Labs (www.stalefishlabs.com), an entertainment company specializing in unusual games, toys, and interactive products.

Paul Novitski has been writing software as a freelance programmer since 1981. He once taught himself BASIC in order to write a machine language disassembler so that he could lovingly hack Wang’s OIS microcode. He has focused on internet programming since the late ’90s. His company, Juniper Webcraft, produces HTML-strict websites featuring accessible, semantic markup, separation of development layers, and intuitive user interfaces. He knows the righteousness of elegant code, the poignancy of living on the bleeding edge of wilderness, the sweet melancholy of mbira music, and the scorching joy of raising twin boys.

Tia Gustaff Rayl is a consultant who does development and training in database and Web technologies. Most recently she has published courseware for XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL. It comes as no surprise to those who know her that she began her software career with degrees in English and Education from the University of Florida. As is usual for most newcomers to the field, her introduction to computing was maintaining software. She went on to a long-standing career in the software industry in full life cycle system, application, and database development; project management; and training for PC and mainframe environments. In the mid-nineties she worked on early Web-enabled database applications, adding JavaScript to her repertoire. She continues to take on development projects to maintain her code-slinging skills. If she had any spare time (and money) she would go on an around-the-world cruise with her husband and two dogs.