JavaScript & jQuery - Softcover

McFarland, David Sawyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350235625 ISBN 13: 9789350235621

Publisher: Shroff, 2011

Synopsis

About the Book: JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual JavaScript lets you supercharge your HTML with animation, interactivity, and visual effects-but many web designers find the language hard to learn. This jargon-free guide covers JavaScript basics and shows you how to save time and effort with the jQuery library of prewritten JavaScript code. You'll soon be building web pages that feel and act like desktop programs, without having to do much programming. The important stuff you need to know: Make your pages interactive. Create JavaScript events that react to visitor actions. Use animations and effects. Build drop-down navigation menus, pop-ups, automated slideshows, and more. Improve your user interface. Learn how the pros make websites fun and easy to use. Collect data with web forms. Create easy-to-use forms that ensure more accurate visitor responses. Add a dash of Ajax. Enable your web pages to communicate with a web server without a page reload. Practice with living examples. Get step-by-step tutorials for web projects you can build yourself. Contents Getting Started with JavaScript. 1: Writing Your First JavaScript Program. 2: The Grammar of JavaScript. 3: Adding Logic and Control to Your Programs Getting Started with jQuery. 4: Introducing jQuery. 5: Action/Reaction: Making Pages Come Alive with Events. 6: Animations and Effects Building Web Page Features. 7: Improving Your Images. 8: Improving Navigation. Chapter 9: Enhancing Web Forms. 10: Expanding Your Interface Ajax: Communication with the Web Server. 11: Introducing Ajax. 12: Flickr and Google Maps Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting. 13: Getting the Most from jQuery. 14: Going Further with JavaScript. 15: Troubleshooting and Debugging Appendix JavaScript Resources References Colophon About the Author: David Sawyer McFarland David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training center.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shroff
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350235625
• ISBN 13: 9789350235621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560