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Description of Beginning JavaScript

The Publisher writes:

JavaScript is the language of the Web. Used for programming all major browsers, JavaScript gives you the ability to enhance your web site by creating interactive, dynamic and personalized pages. Our focus in this book is on client-side scripting, but JavaScript is also hugely popular as a scripting language in server-side environments, a subject that we cover in later chapters.

Beginning JavaScript assumes no prior knowledge of programming languages, and teaches you all the fundamental concepts that you need as you progress. After covering the core JavaScript language, you'll move on to learn about more advanced techniques, including Dynamic HTML, using cookies, debugging techniques, and server-side scripting with ASP. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the art of using JavaScript to create dynamic and professional-looking web pages.

This book is for anyone who wants to learn JavaScript. You will need a very basic knowledge of HTML, but no prior programming experience is necessary. Whether you want to pick up some programming skills, or want to find out how to transfer your existing programming knowledge to the Web, then this book is for you. All you need is a text editor (like Notepad) and a browser, and you're ready to go!

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to JavaScript and the Web
Chapter 2 Data Types and Variables
Chapter 3 Decisions, Loops and Functions
Chapter 4 JavaScript - An Object-Based Language
Chapter 5 Programming the Browser
Chapter 6 HTML Forms: Interacting with the User
Chapter 7 Windows and Frames
Chapter 8 String Manipulation
Chapter 9 Date, Time, and Timers
Chapter 10 Common Mistakes, Debugging and Error Handling
Chapter 11 Storing Information: Cookies
Chapter 12 Dynamic HTML
Chapter 13 Understanding the Document Object Model
Chapter 14 Using ActiveX and Plug-ins with JavaScript
Chapter 15 Server-Side Scripting with ASP
Chapter 16 Databases
Chapter 17 A Few Final Words
Chapter A Exercise solutions
Chapter B JavaScript Core Reference
Chapter C JavaScript Client Reference
Chapter D Latin-1 Character Set
Chapter E IE 4 Browser Object Model
Chapter F IE 5 Browser Object Model
Chapter G NN 4 Browser Object Model
Chapter H ASP 3.0 Object Model
Chapter I Useful Resources
Chapter J Support, Errata and p2p.Wrox.Com

Title Information

ISBN:

9781861004062

Pages:

1019 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

154782

Publisher:

Wrox Press

Published:

01/12/2000

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