JavaScript for breakfast: Crunching scripts for your coffee table

Develop your Javascript skills.

Let’s face the facts. JavaScript is an essential tool to have in your toolbox. Even if you create your HTML pages with an application that creates scripts for you, there will come a time when you need a script that can’t be automatically generated. There also might come a time when you want to modify one of those scripts. Most importantly, companies look to hire developers with a diverse toolset. In today’s challenging job market, this can be essential to your success.

This book is for anyone with an interest in developing their Javascript skills, the book uses very clear examples that enable you to master the programming language. It’s also a useful reference for developers.

Overview

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT TOM DELL’ARINGA
PROLOGUE: BECOMING A MASTER DEVELOPER

BASIC INGREDIENTS – JAVASCRIPT FOR BEGINNERS

JAVASCRIPT ZERO TO HERO
HOW TO DEBUG JAVASCRIPT
TWO DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS AND OTHER GOODIES

OBJECTS

BUILDING A JAVASCRIPT OBJECT
SCRIPTING THE SELECT OBJECT
SCRIPTING THE SELECT: MOVING THINGS AROUND
SCRIPTING THE SELECT; GOING FURTHER
SCRIPTING THE SELECT: FINISHING UP
THE DATE OBJECT

FORMS

SCRIPTING FORMS
JAVASCRIPTING USABLE FORMS
JAVASCRIPT: DISABLING AND ENABLING FORM FIELDS DYNAMICALLY

ADVANCED FORMS

MULTI PAGE FORMS ON ONE PAGE
VALIDATING FORMS: A JAVASCRIPT VALIDATION CLASS
EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD VALIDATION
FORMATTING USER FORM DATA
SCRIPTING RADIO BUTTONS WITHOUT TEARS
SCRIPTING CHECKBOXES

TAKING IT FURTHER WITH DHTML

MODIFYING PAGE ELEMENTS ON THE FLY
WORKING WITH THE EVENT LISTENER
SPICING UP DATA TABLES WITH HIGHLIGHTING ROWS

REAL-WORLD JAVASCRIPT

COOKIE HANDLING
THE JAVASCRIPT DATE PICKER
THE JAVASCRIPT NEWS TICKER

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