Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional

JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development. Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming; it’s practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications.

Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann begins gently by giving you an overview of JavaScriptits syntax, good coding practices, and the principles of DOM scripting. Then he builds up your JavaScript toolkit, covering dynamically manipulating markup, changing page styling on the fly using the CSS DOM, validating forms, dealing with images, and much more. Then he takes you to advanced territory, with a complete case study illustrating how many new JavaScript techniques can work together, plus a great introduction to Ajax development.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with JavaScript
CHAPTER 2 Data and Decisions
CHAPTER 3 From DHTML to DOM Scripting
CHAPTER 4 HTML and JavaScript
CHAPTER 5 Presentation and Behavior (CSS and Event Handling)
CHAPTER 6 Common Uses of JavaScript: Images and Windows
CHAPTER 7 JavaScript and User Interaction: Navigation and Forms
CHAPTER 8 Back-End Interaction with Ajax
CHAPTER 9 Data Validation Techniques
CHAPTER 10 Modern JavaScript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery
CHAPTER 11 Using Third-Party JavaScript
APPENDIX Debugging JavaScript