JavaScript Unleashed

This edition is completely revised with over 50% new material, including coverage of Active Server Pages and the JavaScript 1.4 standard

Contents

Introduction 1

• PART I - Getting Started with JavaScript 5
  
  • JavaScript and the World Wide Web 7
    
  • How JavaScript and HTML Work Together 41
    
  • Assembling Your JavaScript Toolkit 63
    
  • Writing Your First Script 73
    
  
  
• PART II - The Core JavaScript Language 85
  
  • Fundamentals of the JavaScript Language 87
    
  • Operators 121
    
  • Control Structures and Looping 149
    
  • Functions 173
    
  • Client-Side Objects 195
    
  • Core Language Objects 251
    
  • Creating Custom JavaScript Objects 291
    
  • Server-Side JavaScript 315
    
  
  
• PART III - Scripting the Document Object Model 353
  
  • Fundamentals of the Document Object Model (DOM) 355
    
  • Handling Events 365
    
  • Window Object 391
    
  • Document Object 423
    
  • Form Objects 447
    
  • Frame Objects 483
    
  • Other DOM Objects 537
    
  
  
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  PART IV - Dynamic HTML Programming Techniques 547
  
  • Rollovers 549
    
  • Visual Effects 561
    
  • Cascading Style Sheets 581
    
  • Layers 597
    
  • DHTML Menus and Toolbars 639
    
  • Interacting with Other Technologies 673
    
  
  
• PART V - Essential Programming Techniques 703
  
  • Guaranteeing Your Scripts Work in Netscape and Microsoft Browsers
    
  • Browser Detection Techniques 737
    
  • JavaScript-Based Site Navigation 749
    
  • Forms and Data Validation 763
    
  • Personalization and Dynamic Pages 807
    
  • Pattern Matching Using Regular Expressions 835
    
  • Client-Side Data Techniques 853
    
  • Error Handling 875
    
  • Debugging 893
    
  • JavaScript and Web Security 913
    
  
  
• PART VI - Appendix 939
  
  • A Top Ten JavaScript Resources on the Web 941
    
  • Index 945