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Publication Year: | 2010 | Publisher: | Apress L. P. |
Language: | English | Weight: | 2.08 lbs |
Format: | Paperback | Product Group: | Book |
Binding: | Paperback | IsTextBook: | No |
Author: | Terry McNavage | ISBN: | 9781430272199 |
EAN: | 9781430272199 |
JavaScript for Absolute Beginners by Terry McNavage
About this product
Synopsis | |
If you are new to both JavaScript and programming, this hands-on book is for you. Rather than staring blankly at gobbledygook, you’ll explore JavaScript by entering and running hundreds of code samples in Firebug, a free JavaScript debugger. Then in the last two chapters, you’ll leave the safety of Firebug and hand-code an uber cool JavaScript application in your preferred text editor. Written in a friendly, engaging narrative style, this innovative JavaScript tutorial covers the following essentials: Core JavaScript syntax, such as value types, operators, expressions, and statements provided by ECMAScript. Features for manipulating XHTML, CSS, and events provided by DOM. Object-oriented JavaScript, including prototypal and classical inheritance, deep copy, and mixins. Closure, lazy loading, advance conditional loading, chaining, currying, memoization, modules, callbacks, recursion, and other powerful function techniques. Encoding data with JSON or XML. Remote scripting with JSON-P or XMLHttpRequest Drag-and-drop, animated scrollers, skin swappers, and other cool behaviors. Optimizations to ensure your scripts run snappy. Formatting and naming conventions to prevent you from looking like a greenhorn. New ECMAScript 5, DOM 3, and HTML 5 features such as Object.create(), Function.prototype.bind(), strict mode, querySelector(), querySelectorAll(), and getElementsByClassName(). As you can see, due to its fresh approach, this book is by no means watered down. Therefore, over the course of your journey, you will go from JavaScript beginner to wizard, acquiring the skills recruiters desire. What you’ll learn Who this book is for This book is aimed at anybody who wants to learn how to use JavaScript to create more interactive and stickier web sites. Table of Contents Representing Data with Values Type Conversion Operators Controlling Flow Member Inheritance Functions and Arrays Traversing and Modifying the DOM Tree Scripting CSS Listening for Events Scripting BOM Innovative JavaScript behaviors are the hallmark of Web 2.0 interface designs. Visit Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, or any other web titan, and you will find JavaScript implementations providing a smooth, tactile, engaging web experience. Knowledge of JavaScript is essential for developing modern, interactive, sticky web sites, but many beginners are put off by the daunting need to learn a programming language before they can achieve anything.This book takes a practical approach by showing you how to use JavaScript in simple stages, starting with the basics of storing and manipulating data and moving on to reacting to events and using JavaScript to alter CSS and HTML on the fly. It assumes no prior knowledge of JavaScript, and avoids bombarding you with unnecessary technical details.At the same time, it explains the main points and acts as a reference that you can come back to when you need to refresh your memory. More advanced concepts are introduced gradually, so that by the end of the book yours”ll have a solid understanding of all the main aspects of JavaScript. Particular attention is paid to debugging and avoiding common beginnersrs” pitfalls, enabling you to create web sites that not only look good, but are dynamic and exciting for visitors. Requires no previous knowledge of JavaScript Gives you instant results-starts showing how to change values and react to events stage by stage Doesnrs”t bombard you with endless rules and jargon What yours”ll learn How to immediately improve the feel of your entire web site by reacting to the userrs”s input with just a few lines of code How to store and control data to improve your viewerrs”s experience How to change the look of your web site on the fly by manipulating the CSS markup How to search XHTML documents to retrieve and display relevant data in real time How to use cookies to store data on usersrs” machines to remember their preferences the next time they visit your site How to use Ajax to change the content of your web site without the need to refresh the page Who is this book for?This book is aimed at anybody who wants to learn how to use JavaScript to create more interactive and stickier web sites. The primary readership is likely to be independent web developers and serious hobbyists, but knowledge of JavaScript is essential for many web development careers, so this book should also find a place in the curriculum of academic courses in media studies. Innovative JavaScript behaviours are the hallmark of Web 2.0 interface designs. Visit Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, or any other web titan, and you will find JavaScript implementations providing a smooth, tactile, engaging web experience. Knowledge of JavaScript is essential for developing modern, interactive, sticky web sites, but many beginners are put off by the daunting need to learn a programming language before they can achieve anything. This book takes a practical approach by showing you how to use JavaScript in simple stages, starting with the basics of storing and manipulating data and moving on to reacting to events and using JavaScript to alter CSS and HTML on the fly. It assumes no prior knowledge of JavaScript, and avoids bombarding you with unnecessary technical details. | |
Product Identifiers | |
ISBN-10 | 1430272198 |
ISBN-13 | 9781430272199 |
eBay Product ID (ePID) | 102896589 |
Key Details | |
Author | Terry McNavage |
Number Of Pages | 350 pages |
Edition Description | New Edition |
Format | Paperback |
Publication Date | 2010-12-29 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Apress L. P. |
Publication Year | 2010 |
Additional Details | |
Number of Volumes | 1 vol. |
Copyright Date | 2010 |
Illustrated | Yes |
Dimensions | |
Weight | 33.3 Oz |
Width | 7 In. |
Length | 10 In. |
Target Audience | |
Group | Scholarly & Professional |
Classification Method | |
LC Classification Number | QA76.6-76.66QA76.758 |
Price : 5.35
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