Javascript by Example - Softcover

Quigley, Ellie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131401629 ISBN 13: 9780131401624

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2003

Synopsis

Learn JavaScript now, from the world's #1 scripting instructor! Ellie Quigley's technically strong learning path deepens your skills one step at a time, through hundreds of small examples that demonstrate JavaScript's full power. You'll master every essential technique, from script setup and basic syntax through advanced DOM and CSS programming. Accompanying CD-ROM contains hundreds of code examples. Ideal for beginners and experienced scripters, Web pros and sysadmins.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"Quigley's book strikes a perfect balance: serious, yet exceptionally accessible. I strongly recommend it to anybody learning JavaScript for the first time."
--Nick Main, software engineer

In JavaScript by Example, Ellie Quigley teaches JavaScript using the same proven approach that's made her the world's favorite scripting author and instructor. This book's unique and classroom-tested learning path contains hundreds of small, easy-to-understand examples that demonstrate the full range of JavaScript's power. One step at a time, Quigley guides new JavaScript programmers through every essential technique, from script setup to advanced DOM and CSS programming.

Coverage includes:

• Data types, literals, and variables
• Operators, control structures, and functions
• Building dialog boxes and working with JavaScript objects using the Browser object: navigator, windows frames, dynamic images, and links
• Event handling, regular expressions, and form validation
• The JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Dynamic HTML

Whether you're a first-time or long-time scripter, a Web professional or sysadmin, Ellie Quigley will help you write rock-solid JavaScripts that get the job done.

The CD-ROM contains HTML versions of Netscape's JavaScript 1.5 Core Reference and JavaScript 1.5 Core Guide PLUS all the source code and data files used in the book.

About the Author

ELLIE QUIGLEY is author of the best-selling UNIX Shells by Example, Third Edition, the classic Perl By Example, Third Edition and Linux Shells by Example, First Edition. Her proven approach has helped over 100,000 students and professionals master new scripting languages. Quigley's courses in scripting and shell programming at the U.C. Santa Cruz Extension Program and at leading technology companies including Sun Microsystems and Xilinx have become legendary throughout Silicon Valley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131401629
• ISBN 13: 9780131401624
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 600