Essential Skills--Made Easy!
Create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today's leading Web development language. JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition gives you step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, forms, and frames. You'll also learn about more advanced techniques, including debugging and security. This hands-on guide explains how JavaScript works with XHTML Transitional and covers the new features available in JavaScript. Get started using JavaScript right away with help from this fast-paced tutorial.
Designed for Easy Learning:
• Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Expert--Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Self Tests--End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledge
• Annotated syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
Table of Contents:
Chapter. 1. Introduction to JavaScript
Chapter. 2. Placing JavaScript in an HTML File
Chapter. 3. Using Variables
Chapter. 4. Using Functions
Chapter. 5. JavaScript Operators
Chapter. 6. Conditional Statements and Loops
Chapter. 7. Event Handlers
Chapter. 8. Objects
Chapter. 9. The Document Object
Chapter. 10. Window Object
Chapter. 11. JavaScript Arrays
Chapter. 12. Math, Number, and Date Objects
Chapter. 13. Handling Strings
Chapter. 14. JavaScript and Forms
Chapter. 15. JavaScript and Frames
Chapter. 16. An Introduction to Advanced Techniques
Appendix A. Answers to Self Tests
Index