Beginning JavaScript, 5th Edition
- Length: 768 pages
- Edition: 5
- Language: English
- Publisher: Wrox
- Publication Date: 2015-03-09
- ISBN-10: 1118903331
- ISBN-13: 9781118903339
- Sales Rank: #132718 (See Top 100 Books)
The bestselling JavaScript guide, updated with current features and best practices
Beginning JavaScript, 5th Edition shows you how to work effectively with JavaScript frameworks, functions, and modern browsers, and teaches more effective coding practices using HTML5. This new edition has been extensively updated to reflect the way JavaScript is most commonly used today, introducing you to the latest tools and techniques available to JavaScript developers. Coverage includes modern coding practices using HTML5 markup, the JSON data format, DOM APIs, the jQuery framework, and more. Exercises with solutions provide plenty of opportunity to practice, and the companion website offers downloadable code for all examples given in the book.
- Learn JavaScript using the most up to date coding style
- Understand JSON, functions, events, and feature detection
- Utilize the new HTML5 elements and the related API
- Explore new features including geolocation, local storage, and more
JavaScript has shaped the Web from a passive medium into one that is rich, dynamic, and interactive. No matter the technology on the server side, it’s JavaScript that makes it come alive in the browser. To learn JavaScript the way it’s used today, Beginning JavaScript, 5th Edition is your concise guide.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction To Javascript And The Web
Chapter 2: Data Types And Variables
Chapter 3: Decisions And Loops
Chapter 4: Functions And Scope
Chapter 5: Javascript—An Object-Based Language
Chapter 6: String Manipulation
Chapter 7: Date, Time, And Timers
Chapter 8: Programming The Browser
Chapter 9: Dom Scripting
Chapter 10: Events
Chapter 11: Html Forms: Interacting With The User
Chapter 12: Json
Chapter 13: Data Storage
Chapter 14: Ajax
Chapter 15: Html5 Media
Chapter 16: Jquery
Chapter 17: Other Javascript Libraries
Chapter 18: Common Mistakes, Debugging, And Error Handling
Appendix A: Answers To Exercises
Appendix B: Javascript Core Reference
Appendix C: W3C Dom Reference
Appendix D: Latin-1 Character Set
