Revision as of 19:05, 18 May 2007

A comprehensive online book designed to help web developers create dynamic web pages using JavaScript.

Table of Contents

• About this Book
• Intended Audience
• The History of JavaScript
  • Jim and Marc Meet in Palo Alto
  • Moving on from Static Web Pages
  • LiveScript, JavaScript, JScript, ECMAScript - What's in a Name?
• A Simple JavaScript Example
• Embedding JavaScript into Web pages
  • The <script> element
  • Where to place JavaScript in a Web Page
• Introducing JavaScript Variables
  • Variable Declaration and the Assignment Operator
  • JavaScript Variable Naming Conventions
• JavaScript Variable Types
  • The JavaScript typeof Operator
• JavaScript Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Unary Operators - Incrementing and Decrementing Variable Values
  • Comparison Operators
  • String Operators
  • Conditional Operators
  • Logical Operators
• Comments in JavaScript
  • Single Line Comments
  • Multi-line Comments
• JavaScript Flow Control and Looping
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
    • The JavaScript if Statement
    • The JavaScript if ... else Statements
  • JavaScript Looping Statements
    • JavaScript for loops
    • JavaScript while loops
    • JavaScript do ... while loops
  • JavaScript switch Statements
  • Breaking a Loop
    • label Statements
  • Skipping Statements in Current Loop Iteration
• Understanding JavaScript Functions
  • Declaring and Calling a JavaScript Function
  • Passing Arguments to a Function
  • Returning a Value from a Function
  • Where to Place Function Declarations
• JavaScript Object Basics
  • Creating a Custom JavaScript Object
  • Creating and Using Object Instances
  • Extending JavaScript Objects
• JavaScript String Object
  • Creating a JavaScript String Object
  • JavaScript String Object Methods
  • JavaScript String Object Properties
  • JavaScript String Object Examples
    • Getting the length of a String Object
    • Setting String Object text Effects
    • Performing Conversions on String Objects
    • Manipulating Strings with the String Object
• JavaScript Date Object
  • Understanding System Time
  • Creating a JavaScript Date Object
  • Setting the Time and Date of the JavaScript Date Object
  • Reading the Date and Time from a JavaScript Date Object
  • UTC Time
  • Finding the Time Zone Offset and Getting Local Time
• JavaScript Math Object
• JavaScript Math Object Methods
  • JavaScript Math Object Properties
  • Using JavaScript Math Object and Properties
  • Rounding and Truncating Numbers with the the Math Object
• JavaScript Window Object
  • Referencing the JavaScript window Object
  • JavaScript window Object Properties
  • Opening Browser Windows using JavaScript
  • Closing Browser Windows using JavaScript
  • Moving and Resizing Windows
  • Changing Window Focus
  • Displaying Message Box Dialogs
• JavaScript Document Object
  • What is the JavaScript Document Object?
  • JavaScript Document Object Methods and Properties
  • Using the JavaScript Document Object
    • Writing text to a document
    • Writing Text to a document in a different Window
    • Changing the Document Title
    • Changing the Document Colors
    • Getting a List of Objects in a Document
• JavaScript Location Object
  • Loading a New URL into the Current Window
  • Reading the URL of the Current Window
  • Extracting Parts of the URL
  • JavaScript Location Object Methods
• JavaScript History Object
• JavaScript Arrays
• JavaScript Timeouts
• Building Forms with JavaScript
• Understanding JavaScript Cookies
• Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• JavaScript and CSS - Dynamic Styles and Layers
• Debugging JavaScript