Overview
If you're new to JavaScript, or an experienced web developer looking to improve your skills, Learning JavaScript provides you with complete, no-nonsense coverage of this quirky yet essential language for web development. You'll learn everything from primitive data types to complex features, including JavaScript elements involved with Ajax and dynamic page effects. By the end of the book, you'll be able to work with even the most sophisticated libraries and web applications.
Complete with best practices and examples of JavaScript use, this new edition shows you how to integrate the language with the browser environment, and how to practice proper coding techniques for standards-compliant websites. This book will help you:
- Learn the JavaScript application structure, including basic statements and control structures
- Identify JavaScript objects — String, Number, Boolean, Function, and more
- Use browser debugging tools and troubleshooting techniques
- Understand event handling, form events, and JavaScript applications with forms
- Develop with the Browser Object Model, the Document Object Model, and custom objects you create
- Learn about browser cookies and more modern client-side storage techniques
- Get details for using XML or JSON with Ajax applications
Synopsis
JavaScript beginners will find no-nonsense coverage of this quirky yet essential language for web development — taught at a pace they'll enjoy. JavaScript has grown in prominence with the advent of Ajax web development. This book teaches readers proper JavaScript coding techniques by combining the latest examples of standards-compliant web development with proven learning principles. By the end of the book, readers will have the skills to create basic JavaScript applications.