JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth 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

Content

• Ch. 1. Introduction to JavaScript
• Ch. 2. Placing JavaScript in an HTML File
• Ch. 3. Using Variables
• Ch. 4. Using Functions
• Ch. 5. JavaScript Operators
• Ch. 6. Conditional Statements and Loops
• Ch. 7. JavaScript Arrays
• Ch. 8. Event Handlers
• Ch. 9. Objects
• Ch. 10. The Document Object
• Ch. 11. Window Object
• Ch. 12. Math, Number, and Date Objects
• Ch. 13. Handling Strings
• Ch. 14. JavaScript and Forms
• Ch. 15. An Introduction to Advanced Techniques
• Ch. 16. HTML 5, Libraries, and More
• Appendix A. Answers to Self-Tests