JavaScript Pocket Reference

Bol

JavaScript is the ubiquitous programming language of the Web, and for more than 15 years, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide has been the bible of JavaScript programmers around the world. Ideal for JavaScript developers at any level, this book is an all-new excerpt of The Definitive Guide, collecting the essential parts of that hefty volume into this slim yet dense pocket reference.The first 9 chapters document the latest version (ECMAScript 5) of the core JavaScript language, covering:Types, values, and variablesOperators, expressions, and statementsObjects and arraysFunctions and classesThe next 5 chapters document the fundamental APIs for using JavaScript with HTML5 and explain how to:Interact with web browser windowsScript HTML documents and document elementsModify and apply CSS styles and classesRespond to user input eventsCommunicate with web serversStore data locally on the user's computerThis book is a perfect companion to jQuery Pocket Reference.

Bol Partner

JavaScript is a powerful, object-based scripting language that can be embedded directly in HTML pages. It allows you to create Dynamic, interactive Web-based applications that run completely within a Web browser -- JavaScript is the language of choice for developing Dynamic HTML (DHTML) content. JavaScript can be integrated effectively with CGI and Java to produce sophisticated Web applications, although, in many cases, JavaScript eliminates the need for complex CGI scripts and Java applets altogether.The JavaScript Pocket Reference is a companion volume to JavaScript: The Definitive Guide. This small book, covering JavaScript 1.2, is a handy reference guide to this popular language for Web development. It provides a complete overview of the core JavaScript language and contains summaries of both core and client-side objects, methods, and properties.

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Pages: 277, Edition: 3rd ed., Paperback, O'Reilly Media