Book Description

* Updated to include the latest coverage of JavaScript, including how it fits into current Web browsers and applications as well as an exploration of its interaction with XML data in Ajax

* This mammoth reference-tutorial-nearly 1,300 pages long-serves as both a learning tool for building new JavaScript skills for newcomers as well as a detailed reference for seasoned JavaScript developers

* Key components of the book include a core language reference, document object reference, and coverage of Ajax, Firefox, and Mac OS X Widgets

* Examines how to write scripts for mouse rollover effects and powerful client-side form validations, master JavaScript and DOM concepts, apply the latest JavaScript exception handling and custom object techniques, and various deployment strategies that best suit end goals

* The amazing CD-ROM offers 23 advanced JavaScript bonus chapters, nine full applications, and 300 ready-to-run scripts

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

From the Back Cover

A major new edition of the definitive guide to JavaScript!

Make your Web pages stand out above the noise with JavaScript and the expert instruction in this much-anticipated update to the bestselling JavaScript Bible. With renowned JavaScript expert Danny Goodman at your side, you'll get a thorough grounding in JavaScript basics, see how it fits with current Web browsers, and find all the soup-to-nuts detail you'll need, whether you're a veteran programmer or just starting out. This is the JavaScript book Web developers turn to again and again.

* Master JavaScript fundamentals and write your first practical script

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Develop code for both single- and cross-platform audiences and evolving standards

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Get the essentials of document object models and HTML element objects

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Write scripts that dynamically modify Web pages in response to user actions

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Learn the power of new Ajax technologies to create efficient Web page user interfaces

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Apply the latest JavaScript exception handling and custom object techniques

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Create interactivity with sites like Google Maps

Featured on the CD-ROM

You'll find a gold mine of extras on the CD-ROM, including 23 bonus chapters on dynamic HTML, data validation, techniques for developing and debugging professional Web-based applications, and much more. Also on the CD:

* The Evaluator, an interactive workbench and JavaScript Bible exclusive that lets you try out an object model or language feature and see instant results

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10 full-fledged JavaScript real-world applications

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300 ready-to-run scripts

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Entire book in PDF

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.