
Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax
A Designer's Guide
Charles Wyke-Smith(Author)
New Riders (Publisher)
Published on 27. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-321-57260-8 (ISBN)
Description
JavaScript is the brains of your Web page-it enables you to modify a document's structure, styling, and content in response to user actions without requesting new pages from the server. Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax teaches you how to master this powerful and elegant language so you can develop intuitive user interactions that take the user experience to new levels of sophistication and responsiveness.
Today's application-like Web experiences (such as Salesforce.com and Google Maps) and Web 2.0 sites (such as Flickr.com and Twitter) are powered by JavaScript and Ajax. Using the techniques shown in this book, you will be able to start creating similar experiences in the sites you design.
Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax will teach you how to:
Start developing with JavaScript fast!
Write lightweight but powerful object-oriented code
Modify the Document Object Model
"Progressively enhance" your pages with JavaScript to provide the highest levels of accessibility to all users
Learn sophisticated techniques for making your pages respond to user actions
Use the downloadable Scriptin' library of helper functions to speed development and ensure cross-browser compatibility
Use Ajax scripting techniques to update specific areas of the page with data from the server
Create powerful interface interactions, such as sliding panels and tree menus
Evaluate frameworks such as jQuery and Prototype to find the best one for your needs
Build an online application that looks and responds like a regular desktop application
Easily adapt the Scriptin' code examples for use in your own projects-download them at www.scriptinwithajax.com
Today's application-like Web experiences (such as Salesforce.com and Google Maps) and Web 2.0 sites (such as Flickr.com and Twitter) are powered by JavaScript and Ajax. Using the techniques shown in this book, you will be able to start creating similar experiences in the sites you design.
Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax will teach you how to:
Start developing with JavaScript fast!
Write lightweight but powerful object-oriented code
Modify the Document Object Model
"Progressively enhance" your pages with JavaScript to provide the highest levels of accessibility to all users
Learn sophisticated techniques for making your pages respond to user actions
Use the downloadable Scriptin' library of helper functions to speed development and ensure cross-browser compatibility
Use Ajax scripting techniques to update specific areas of the page with data from the server
Create powerful interface interactions, such as sliding panels and tree menus
Evaluate frameworks such as jQuery and Prototype to find the best one for your needs
Build an online application that looks and responds like a regular desktop application
Easily adapt the Scriptin' code examples for use in your own projects-download them at www.scriptinwithajax.com
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-57260-8 (9780321572608)
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Charles Wyke-Smith (Charleston, SC) has been creating web sites since 1994
and currently User Experience Architect for Benefitfocus. Charles was VP of
Web Development for eStar.com, a celebrity information site, and has
provided web design and consulting services to companies including Wells
Fargo, ESPN Videogames, and The University of California, San Francisco.
His work today focuses on site development, with an emphasis on user
experience, information architecture, and interface design. Charles has taught
classes in multimedia and interface design and speaks at many industry
conferences.
and currently User Experience Architect for Benefitfocus. Charles was VP of
Web Development for eStar.com, a celebrity information site, and has
provided web design and consulting services to companies including Wells
Fargo, ESPN Videogames, and The University of California, San Francisco.
His work today focuses on site development, with an emphasis on user
experience, information architecture, and interface design. Charles has taught
classes in multimedia and interface design and speaks at many industry
conferences.
Content
Chapter 1 JavaScript comes of age
Chapter 2 JavaScript Basics
Chapter 3 Objects and the DOM
Chapter 4 Events
Chapter 5 Real World JavaScript
Chapter 6 AJAX
Chapter 7 Frameworks
Appendix A
Appendix B
Chapter 2 JavaScript Basics
Chapter 3 Objects and the DOM
Chapter 4 Events
Chapter 5 Real World JavaScript
Chapter 6 AJAX
Chapter 7 Frameworks
Appendix A
Appendix B