Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential resource for modern JavaScript programming. This completely updated second edition covers everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages, right from the basics. As well as focusing on client-side JavaScript, you will also learn how to work with the Browser Object Model, the Document Object Model (DOM), how to use XML and JSON as well as communicate with service side scripts such as PHP. Find out how to:
- Construct good JavaScript syntax following modern coding practices
- Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data
- Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images
- Debug applications using features inside the browser
JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development.
Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax will take you from being a JavaScript novice to work freely with this important technology - begin your JavaScript journey today!
Author(s): Russ Ferguson, Christian Heilmann (auth.)
Edition: 2
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 388
Tags: Computer Science, general
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Getting Started with JavaScript....Pages 1-12
Data and Decisions....Pages 13-48
From DHTML to DOM Scripting....Pages 49-68
HTML and JavaScript....Pages 69-100
Presentation and Behavior (CSS and Event Handling)....Pages 101-148
Common Uses of JavaScript: Images and Windows....Pages 149-197
JavaScript and User Interaction: Navigation and Forms....Pages 199-245
Back-End Interaction with Ajax and Node.js....Pages 247-277
Data Validation Techniques....Pages 279-295
Modern JavaScript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery....Pages 297-319
Using Third-Party JavaScript....Pages 321-342
Debugging JavaScript....Pages 343-359
Back Matter....Pages 362-366
