Pro JavaScriptTM Techniques

__Pro JavaScript Techniques__ is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesn't waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures. Expert web developer and author **John Resig** concentrates on fundamental, vital topics—what modern JavaScripting is (and isnt), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of. The book is organized into four sections: * Modern JavaScript development using JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging * DOM scripting updating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries * How Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications * The future of JavaScript looking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML5, and more All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworks, so you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesn't waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.

Expert web developer and author John Resig concentrates on fundamental, vital topics—what modern JavaScripting is (and isnt), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of. The book is organized into four sections:

• Modern JavaScript development using JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging
• DOM scripting updating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries
• How Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications
• The future of JavaScript looking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML5, and more

All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworks, so you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Modern JavaScript Programming....Pages 3-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Object-Oriented JavaScript....Pages 19-38 Creating Reusable Code....Pages 39-58 Tools for Debugging and Testing....Pages 59-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 The Document Object Model....Pages 77-110 Events....Pages 111-133 JavaScript and CSS....Pages 135-167 Improving Forms....Pages 169-190 Building an Image Gallery....Pages 191-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Introduction to Ajax....Pages 215-232 Enhancing Blogs with Ajax....Pages 233-246 Autocomplete Search....Pages 247-264 An Ajax Wiki....Pages 265-283 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Where Is JavaScript Going?....Pages 287-304 Back Matter....Pages 305-359 This book addresses today’s approach to JavaScript in detail: modern browser support, including information on Internet Explorer 7; Object-Oriented JavaScript; testing and debugging; unobtrusive JavaScript techniques using DOM Scripting; Ajax; creating and using blocks of reusable code, and the future of JavaScript. All the concepts expressed in this up-to-the-minute reference are thoroughly backed up with real world examples and full-scale case studies. The book offers reusable functions for readers to use in their own projects, a significant time-saver. Also included are several reference sections that allow developers to look up details quickly and easily.