More Jumping JavaScript

A sequel to the best-seller Jumping JavaScript, this book focuses on new and sophisticated JavaScript 1.2 features, showing non-programmers and Web developers how to supercharge their sites with a minimum of effort and complexity. Janice Winsor and Brian Freeman start by walking through the latest enhancements and refinements in JavaScript, including the ECMAScript cross-platform standard, the GUI builder and new debugging tools. They introduce great practical techniques for layering and stylesheets, with coverage of downloadable fonts, applying CSS to content, and more. You'll learn how to use object signing to maximize applet security. Next, you'll walk step-by-step through the new JavaScript event model; global properties, events and methods; and several important new objects. The book concludes with a full chapter of advanced examples covering menu bars, DHTML, and more.