Beginning JavaScript
2nd Edition
Published on 7. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
1032 pages
978-0-7645-5587-9 (ISBN)
Description
Teaching programming basics from the ground up, this book helps even those with no prior programming knowledge learn JavaScript and use this knowledge for practical purposes on their Web sites to create interesting, useful and dynamic sites. The primary focus is on practical application of JavaScript to Web site creation. The ultimate aim is that a reader having finished the book should be able to go it alone and create their own scripts and move forward and learn more advanced techniques. They will have a very broad base of knowledge of JavaScript and its application to Web development.
More details
Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Thickness: 57 mm
Weight
1503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-5587-9 (9780764555879)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Paul Wilton | Jeremy McPeak
Beginning JavaScript
Book
05/2007
3rd Edition
Wiley
€34.90
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Previous edition
Paul Wilton
Beginning JavaScript
Book
06/2000
1st Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€42.90
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Person
Paul Wilton. After an initial start as a Visual Basic applications programmer at the Ministry of Defense in the U.K., Paul found himself pulled into the Net. Having joined an Internet development company, he spent the last 5 years helping create Internet solutions and is currently working on an e-commerce website for a major British bank.
Paul's main skills are in developing web front ends using DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, and Visual Basic, and back-end solutions with ASP, Visual Basic, and SQL Server. Currently, in between web development projects, he is learning Palm OS programming.
Paul's main skills are in developing web front ends using DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, and Visual Basic, and back-end solutions with ASP, Visual Basic, and SQL Server. Currently, in between web development projects, he is learning Palm OS programming.
Content
Introduction. Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaScript and the Web. Chapter 2: Data Types and Variables. Chapter 3: Decisions, Loops, and Functions. Chapter 4: JavaScript An Object Based Language. Chapter 5: Programming the Browser. Chapter 6: HTML Forms Interacting with the User. Chapter 7: Windows and Frames. Chapter 8: String Manipulation. Chapter 9: Date, Time, and Timers. Chapter 10: Common Mistakes, Debugging, and Error Handling. Chapter 11: Storing Information: Cookies. Chapter 12: Dynamic HTML in Early Browsers. Chapter 13: Dynamic HTML in Modern Browsers. Chapter 14: JavaScript and XML. Chapter 15: Using ActiveX and Plug Ins with JavaScript. Chapter 16: Server Side Scripting with ASP. Chapter 17: Databases. Appendix A: Exercise Solutions. Appendix B: JavaScript Core Reference. Appendix C: JavaScript Client Reference. Appendix D: Latin 1 Character Set. Index.