JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, 4th Edition

Book Description

Fully updated for the latest JavaScript standard and featuring a new chapter on HTML5 and jQuery

JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide shows how to create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today’s leading Web development language. With the growth of HTML 5, JavaScript is expected to grow even more to script the canvas element, add drag and drop functionality, and more. This fast-paced tutorial provides step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, and forms. The book then moves to more advanced techniques, including debugging, accessibility, and security. This pedagogically rich, hands-on guide explains how JavaScript works with HTML 5 and covers the new features available in JavaScript.

• Key Skills & Concepts–Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Expert–Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This–Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Self-Tests–End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledge
• Annotated syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
• Code downloads provided for projects in the book

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to JavaScript
Chapter 2 Placing JavaScript in an HTML File
Chapter 3 Using Variables
Chapter 4 Using Functions
Chapter 5 JavaScript Operators
Chapter 6 Conditional Statements and Loops
Chapter 7 JavaScript Arrays
Chapter 8 Objects
Chapter 9 The Document Object
Chapter 10 Event Handlers
Chapter 11 Window Object
Chapter 12 Math, Number, and Date Objects
Chapter 13 Handling Strings
Chapter 14 JavaScript and Forms
Chapter 15 An Introduction to Advanced Techniques
Chapter 16 JavaScript Libraries, HTML5, and Harmony

中文：

书名：JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, 4th Edition

完全更新为最新的JavaScript标准，并包含关于HTML5和jQuery的新章节

《JavaScript：初学者指南》 演示如何使用当今领先的Web开发语言创建具有特殊效果的动态网页。随着HTML5的发展，预计在编写画布元素脚本、添加拖放功能等方面，JavaScript会有更大的发展。本快速教程将逐步介绍基础知识，包括变量、函数、运算符、事件处理程序、对象、数组、字符串和表单。然后，本书将介绍更高级的技术，包括调试、可访问性和安全性。这本教学内容丰富的动手指南解释了JavaScript如何与HTML5一起工作，并介绍了在JavaScript中可用的新功能。

• 关键技能和概念章节-本章涵盖的具体技能的开头列表
• 询问专家问答部分，其中包含奖金信息和有用的提示
• Try This–Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• 备注：与所涉及主题相关的附加信息
• 有用的提醒或替代的做事方式
• 自测&#8211；章末回顾以测试你的知识
• 带注释的语法示例代码，带有描述所示编程技术的注释
• Code downloads provided for projects in the book

Table of Contents

第1章：JavaScript简介
Chapter 2 Placing JavaScript in an HTML File
第三章使用变量
第4章使用函数
第5章JavaScript运算符
Chapter 6 Conditional Statements and Loops
Chapter 7 JavaScript Arrays
Chapter 8 Objects
第9章文档对象
第10章事件处理程序
第11章窗口对象
Chapter 12 Math, Number, and Date Objects
第十三章处理字符串
第14章JavaScript和表单
第15章高级技术入门
第16章：JavaScript库、HTML5和和声