JavaScript The Complete Reference, 3rd Edition

The essential JavaScript resource―fully updated

Design, debug, and publish high-performance web pages and applications using tested techniques and best practices from expert developers. The all-new edition of this comprehensive guide has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest JavaScript features, tools, and programming methods.

JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition provides illustrative examples, line-by-line code samples, and practical development advice―from the core of the language to the various standard and emerging APIs supported by modern web browsers. This in-depth resource covers everything you need to know, whether you’re trying to understand the fundamentals of weak typing in JavaScript, reduce your confusion over closures, or perform common tasks like form validation or Ajax calls.

• Explore core JavaScript syntax and data types
• Investigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closures
• Use object-oriented programming the JavaScript way
• See what changes come from ECMAScript 5
• Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methods
• Handle user-generated events with modern event models
• Modernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScript
• Use the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applications
• Control animation and multimedia content with JavaScript
• Generate bitmap graphics with the Canvas API
• Learn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser coding
• Discover defensive development and error handling

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to JavaScript
Chapter 2 Overview of JavaScript Core Language Features

Part II Core Language
Chapter 3 Data Types and Variables
Chapter 4 Operators, Expressions, and Statements
Chapter 5 Functions
Chapter 6 Objects
Chapter 7 Array, Date, Math, and Type-Related Objects
Chapter 8 Regular Expressions
Chapter 9 JavaScript Object Models
Chapter 10 The Standard Document Object Model
Chapter 11 Event Handling

Part III Applied JavaScript
Chapter 12 Windows, Frames, and Overlays
Chapter 13 Form Handling
Chapter 14 User Interface Elements
Chapter 15 Ajax and Remote JavaScript
Chapter 16 Browser Management
Chapter 17 Media Management
Chapter 18 Trends and Practices

Appendix JavaScript Reserved Words