Revision as of 18:18, 18 May 2007

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
• JavaScript Flow Control and Looping
• Understanding JavaScript Functions
• JavaScript Object Basics
  • JavaScript String Object
  • JavaScript Date Object
  • JavaScript Math Object
  • JavaScript Window Object
  • JavaScript Document Object
  • JavaScript Location Object
  • 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