JavaScript Step by Step

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of JavaScript development.

Teach yourself how to program with JavaScript -- one step at time. Ideal for developers with fundamental programming skills, this practical tutorial provides the clear guidance and hands-on examples you need to create or customize interactive Web applications using core JavaScript features and techniques.

Discover how to:

• Write and deploy JavaScript code with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, the Eclipse IDE, or text editors
• Work with JavaScript syntax and data types
• Use the Document Object Model to retrieve, create, and change HTML elements
• Create rollover images and slideshow effects
• Validate and provide feedback for user input on Web forms
• Manipulate CSS styles and respond to browser events
• Develop interactive Web applications using AJAX
• Help speed development with JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

• All the books practice files -- ready to download and put to work.
• Fully searchable online edition of this book -- with unlimited access on the Web.

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Steve Suehring is a technology architect who’s written about programming, security, network and system administration, operating systems, and other topics for several industry publications. He speaks at conferences and user groups and has served as an editor for a popular technology magazine.