JavaScript the Complete Reference 3rd Edition

Thomas a Powell

ISBN 10: 0071741208 / ISBN 13: 9780071741200

Published by Mcgraw Hill LLC Aug 2012, 2012

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Neuware - The essential JavaScript resource-fully updatedDesign, debug, and publish high-performance web pages and applications using tested techniques and best practices from expert developers. The all-new edition of this comprehensive guide has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest JavaScript features, tools, and programming methods.JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition provides illustrative examples, line-by-line code samples, and practical development advice-from the core of the language to the various standard and emerging APIs supported by modern web browsers. This in-depth resource covers everything you need to know, whether you're trying to understand the fundamentals of weak typing in JavaScript, reduce your confusion over closures, or perform common tasks like form validation or Ajax calls.Explore core JavaScript syntax and data typesInvestigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closuresUse object-oriented programming the JavaScript waySee what changes come from ECMAScript 5Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methodsHandle user-generated events with modern event modelsModernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScriptUse the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applicationsControl animation and multimedia content with JavaScriptGenerate bitmap graphics with the Canvas APILearn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser codingDiscover defensive development and error handling.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JavaScript the Complete Reference 3rd Edition
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill LLC Aug 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071741208
• ISBN 13: 9780071741200
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 239W x 192H x 51D millimeters 239 millimeters width by 192 millimeters height by 51 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1571 grams

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The essential JavaScript resource―fully updated

Design, debug, and publish high-performance web pages and applications using tested techniques and best practices from expert developers. The all-new edition of this comprehensive guide has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest JavaScript features, tools, and programming methods.

JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition provides illustrative examples, line-by-line code samples, and practical development advice―from the core of the language to the various standard and emerging APIs supported by modern web browsers. This in-depth resource covers everything you need to know, whether you’re trying to understand the fundamentals of weak typing in JavaScript, reduce your confusion over closures, or perform common tasks like form validation or Ajax calls.

• Explore core JavaScript syntax and data types
• Investigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closures
• Use object-oriented programming the JavaScript way
• See what changes come from ECMAScript 5
• Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methods
• Handle user-generated events with modern event models
• Modernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScript
• Use the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applications
• Control animation and multimedia content with JavaScript
• Generate bitmap graphics with the Canvas API
• Learn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser coding
• Discover defensive development and error handling

About the Authors

Fritz Schneider is a Software Engineer at Google where he works on both front- and back-end systems. His previous experience includes social search service Aardvark and an earlier stint at Google where he founded Google's Firefox and Safe Browsing teams. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from UC San Diego.

Thomas Powell, lecturer for the University of California, San Diego, is the author of HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference and Ajax: 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 where he works on both front- and back-end systems. His previous experience includes social search service Aardvark and an earlier stint at Google where he founded Google's Firefox and Safe Browsing teams. Fritz is an experienced teacher of Web technologies and coauthor of How to Do Everything with Google.