Beginning Javascript

by Wilton, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781861004062
• ISBN10: 1861004060
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-12-21
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive tutorial in the JavaScript language, teaching programming concepts along the way. You will learn step-by-step how to create dynamic and powerful web pages, needing no other tools than a browser and text editor such as Notepad. The hands-on practical approach will provide you with a firm foundation to move on to server-side programming, allowing you to take advantage of the power and flexibility of JavaScript. This book is for anyone who's interested in web programming - from the amateur home user who wants to enhance his home page to the aspiring professional developer who wants to add another tool to his belt. Only some HTML knowledge is assumed - no prior programming experience is required for this book.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Introduction to JavaScript and the Web	7	(22)
Data Types and Variables	29	(42)
Decisions, Loops, and Functions	71	(42)
JavaScript - An Object-Based Language	113	(42)
Programming the Browser	155	(30)
HTML Forms: Interacting with the User	185	(52)
Windows and Frames	237	(54)
String Manipulation	291	(42)
Date, Time, and Timers	333	(32)
Common Mistakes, Debugging, and Error Handling	365	(46)
Storing Information: Cookies	411	(30)
Dynamic HTML	441	(80)
Understanding the Document Object Model	521	(62)
Using ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins with JavaScript	583	(22)
Server-Side Scripting with ASP	605	(66)
Databases	671	(74)
A Few Final Words	745	(10)
Appendix A: Exercise Solutions	755	(86)
Appendix B: JavaScript Core Reference	841	(44)
Appendix C: JavaScript Client Reference	885	(28)
Appendix D: Latin-1 Character Set	913	(8)
Appendix E: The IE 4 Browser Object Model	921	(12)
Appendix F: The IE 5 Browser Object Model	933	(16)
Appendix G: The NN 4 Browser Object Model	949	(16)
Appendix H: The ASP 3.0 Object Model	965	(10)
Appendix I: Useful Resources	975	(4)
Appendix J: Support, Errata, and p2p.Wrox.Com	979	(8)
Index	987