JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, 4th Edition

Fully updated for the latest JavaScript standard and featuring a new chapter on HTML5 and jQuery

JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide shows how to create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today’s leading Web development language. With the growth of HTML 5, JavaScript is expected to grow even more to script the canvas element, add drag and drop functionality, and more. This fast-paced tutorial provides step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, and forms. The book then moves to more advanced techniques, including debugging, accessibility, and security. This pedagogically rich, hands-on guide explains how JavaScript works with HTML 5 and covers the new features available in JavaScript.

• Key Skills & Concepts–Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Expert–Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This–Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Self-Tests–End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledge
• Annotated syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
• Code downloads provided for projects in the book

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to JavaScript
Chapter 2 Placing JavaScript in an HTML File
Chapter 3 Using Variables
Chapter 4 Using Functions
Chapter 5 JavaScript Operators
Chapter 6 Conditional Statements and Loops
Chapter 7 JavaScript Arrays
Chapter 8 Objects
Chapter 9 The Document Object
Chapter 10 Event Handlers
Chapter 11 Window Object
Chapter 12 Math, Number, and Date Objects
Chapter 13 Handling Strings
Chapter 14 JavaScript and Forms
Chapter 15 An Introduction to Advanced Techniques
Chapter 16 JavaScript Libraries, HTML5, and Harmony