Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional

Book Description jаvascript 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 jаvascript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern jаvascript programming; it’s practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with jаvascript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications.
Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann begins gently by giving you an overview of jаvascriptits syntax, good coding practices, and the principles of DOM scripting. Then he builds up your jаvascript toolkit, covering dynamically manipulating markup, changing page styling on the fly using the CSS DOM, validating forms, dealing with images, and much more. Then he takes you to advanced territory, with a complete case study illustrating how many new jаvascript techniques can work together, plus a great introduction to Ajax development.

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Content

CHAPTER 1. Getting Started with jаvascript
CHAPTER 2. Data and Decisions
CHAPTER 3. From DHTML to DOM Scripting
CHAPTER 4. HTML and jаvascript
CHAPTER 5. Presentation and Behavior (CSS and Event Handling)
CHAPTER 6. Common Uses of jаvascript: Images and Windows
CHAPTER 7. jаvascript and User Interaction: Navigation and Forms
CHAPTER 8. Back-End Interaction with Ajax
CHAPTER 9. Data Validation Techniques
CHAPTER 10. Modern jаvascript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery
CHAPTER 11. Using Third-Party jаvascript