JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Second Edition - Softcover

Powell, Thomas; Schneider, Fritz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072253576 ISBN 13: 9780072253573

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Synopsis

Create dynamic, interactive Web pages with the latest upgrade to this flexible development tool. Coverage includes event handling, object oriented programming, IE specific content, XML, and sample code that lets you work through projects and provides groundwork for your own creations. Provides information for new and non-professional developers and also more advanced coverage for experienced JS developers who want a comprehensive reference.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The Definitive JavaScript Resource. Complete coverage of the W3C DOM2 standard

Build dynamic, cross-browser Web pages using JavaScript--the premier client-side scripting language in use today on the Web. First learn the basics of the language, then combine syntax and theory to develop practical applications--create a variety of windows including special dialogs, use the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) 2 to manipulate (X)HTML documents, add sizzle to your pages with special effects, and improve usability. With full coverage of advanced topics such as using embedded objects and remote JavaScript, this is the ultimate resource for beginning and advanced users alike.

• Learn core language features such as data types, objects, and regular expressions
• Manipulate (X)HTML and XML documents using the W3C DOM 2
• Take advantage of the standard event models in DOM 2 for robust event handling
• Control windows and frames with the Windows object
• Validate forms before sending them to server-side programs
• Add dynamic effects to Web pages, such as rollovers and animation
• Extend JavaScript’s capabilities using embedded multimedia objects
• Interact with servers on the Internet using remote JavaScript
• Understand JavaScript security policies
• Troubleshoot and debug your JavaScript programs

Thomas Powell, lecturer for UCSD, is the author of HTML& XHTML: The Complete Reference and Web Design: The Complete Reference. He is president and founder of PINT, a Web site design and development firm. Fritz Schneider is a software engineer at Google who where he works on both client- and server-side Web applications. He is an experienced teacher of Web technologies and co-author of How to Do Everything with Google.

About the Author

Thomas Powell (San Diego, CA) is a well-known author and educator in Web design and development. He is a lecturer for the University of California, San Diego Computer Science Department and the developer of the UCSD Extension Web Publishing Certificate program. He has been teaching classes in JavaScript, HTML, and Web design for more than four years. He is the author of the best-selling HTML: The Complete Reference and Web Design: The Complete Reference. Powell is also the President and founder of PINT (www.pint.com), a Web site design and development firm.

Fritz Schneider (San Diego, CA) is a software engineer with Anonymizer.com. While there he has designed and implemented a variety of Apache modules, written CGI scripts, implemented a Web-based customer email service, and created and maintained a large number of internal and public Web pages. He has been a teaching assistant in Web programming and computer science classes at both UCSD and Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072253576
• ISBN 13: 9780072253573
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 976